QOTD: Are You Still Willing to Buy an EV?

by Tim Healey

Published: September 9th, 2024

American car buyers are less willing to buy an EV than they were last year.

Are you?

Some of you were probably never willing to buy an EV, and might never be. But I bet some of you were willing to buy an EV last year. So, are you less willing now? More? The same?

Have you soured on EVs because of issues finding a charger, or price, or some other reason?

Or are you still willing to at least consider owning one?

You know what to do. Sound off below.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Ste65797138 6 days ago
It would be ALMOST worthless because no one will want a used car that has half the range and takes much longer to charge. I'm glad an EV suits you perfectly. I would love to go electric. In my situation, living in a condo with no charging, in a city that can go down to -40 and charging miles away it doesn't suit me at all. Your 300 mile range would drop to half of that in the winter conditions I live in.

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Luke42 6 days ago
I own an EV, and the experience has soured me on ICE vehicles forever. My next vehicle doesn’t need to be a Tesla, but it will be an EV if I have any say in the matter whatsoever.

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- Dale 6 days ago
  Same.
  
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- 28-Cars-Later 6 days ago
  Torque is a hell of a drug.
  
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- MaintenanceCosts 6 days ago
  "Soured forever" is more extreme than I feel, but EVs are really nice to drive and to own for a whole host of reasons, and not just instant torque.
  
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- Ajla 6 days ago
  I still work on and have owned and have a desire/willingness to own certain vehicles that use a carburetor even though EFI is an obviously better technology in nearly any circumstance. EVs do have plenty of pleasant things about them but I can't imagine ever losing a personal affinity for ICE vehicles, even if a future market reality makes it a hobby situation.
  
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