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Originally Posted by LogicalApex
The government deadline hasn't arrived yet. Consumers can still choose ICE cars and they are increasingly choosing EVs. The market isn't rejecting them.
Even BMW is selling EVs in the US like the i3 and others which lack any tax incentives so there is no government "muddling" involved.
Consumers prefer EVs as they offer a lot of positives.
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Actually, the
rate of consumer adoption of EVs has peaked, as a whole, and is decreasing. Hertz can't drop them fast enough. Ford is abundant in EVs they cannot sell and 400 dealers have opted out of Ford's EV sales program. Ford continues to lose billions and has postponed building EV factories.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/26/...ne-q3-earnings
The high end EVs like BMW and Porsche buck that trend however.
Recent Yahoo-Ipsos poll showed "Overall, 57% of respondents said they were not likely to purchase an electric vehicle (defined as either fully electric or plug-in hybrid) the next time they purchase a vehicle. Only 31% of respondents were likely to purchase an electric vehicle, while 11% said they didn’t know."
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/new-y...130040140.html
Consumers don't want EVs, citing cost, insurance premiums, range anxiety, lack of charging stations, charging stations that do not work. I think that there may soon be a lot of used Teslas on the market up north before next winter.