I am seeing a lot of negative articles on EV’s lately. They are using the slowdown in EV sales as a result of people abandoning EV’s. Yet I believe the slowdown is from high interest rates, inflation on everything, and people don’t have as much money right now because of inflation.
I just seen an article saying the true cost of running an EV is the equivalent of $17.33 a gallon, based on infrastructure, charging equipment, subsidies, etc. This kind of talk makes me sick, feels like some are pushing against EV’s in a big way, twisting the truth.
Coming from true EV owners what do you all think of this?
The fact that we’re in a period, which may be temporary, when EV sales are not rising exponentially, does not mean that consumers are souring on them, or that they don’t represent good value. At some point the early-adopter market is sure to get saturated and we’ll move on to people who require more selling. Higher interest rates don’t help.
Meanwhile, the fossil-industrial complex will continue to churn out anti-EV propaganda with ridiculous claims like $17-per-gallon gas equivalence. Remember: EVs and other renewable-energy technologies directly threaten the interests of the wealthiest, most powerful, most profitable industry in the history of the world. Of course they’re going to flood the zone with BS about them.