The number of buyers in the U.S. considering an electric vehicle purchase in 2024 has fallen from a year ago due to a shortage of affordable cars, inadequate charging infrastructure and ignorance about EV benefits, a study by J.D. Power, opens new tab has shown.

Other factors contributing to waning EV demand in the United States include stubborn inflation, high interest rates and underwhelming growth in model availability, the study said.

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    6 months ago

    The options are basically an SUV with a giant touch screen and data harvesting, plus a cell phone connection so they can brick your car with a software update. None of that is appealing to me.

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      6 months ago

      FTC is warming up the fire on the data harvesting at least.

      Assuming Biden makes it through this election, we may have 4 more years of Lina Khan just absolutely fucking bastards up.

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      All for the low, low cost of 50 grand or more