Nearly Half of Americans Are Ready to Ditch Fully Gas-Powered Cars

And the other half will “roll smoke to own the libs”, thus maintaining balance.

Full EV not possible for all of the hoards of people living in apartments and town homes where you either don't have access to install chargers or parking is in some public areas. Outside of single family homes, not really going to be practical until there are chargers in almost every parking space or you can full charge in the same time it takes to fill a gas tank.

While EVs are fantastic, and a needed step in the right direction. Having a good public transit system, and walkable/bikable cities and towns will do far more to help the environment.

Id love to have an EV, but I live in an apartment. And management has no intention of spending the money on adding chargers. Even if they added a few, people would just park there with their gas cars. Haven’t seen a car towed here in 2.5 years of living here.

I hope these issues can be addressed. Until then, EV ownership doesnt make sense for a huge portion of the US population.

tl;dr: the “””unexpected””” adoption barrier are publicly available charge stations.

……when it’s affordable

I just don't want to have a car, but alas this is America...

I definitely can't imagine buying another gas car in my life.

I drive a lot of miles every year, and would never, ever go back to a gas car. And my EV cost about the same as a well equipped Camry, so it's not out of reach for many buyers.

I got my plug-in hybrid about six years ago and haven't wanted a fully gas-powered car since then. I want a fully-electric car for my next car, but I am disappointed that car companies are barely offering any plug-in hybrids since they fill such a great need by providing a gas tank for longer distances (or if you don't have access to a charger at that time) and having a smaller battery to reduce resource usage (while fulfilling the complete drive for most days).

I definitely am, but battery longevity and recyclability problems are still largely unsolved.

I'm willing to compromise with a plug-in hybrid so that all the short trips can be fully electric but I can still have long drives with gas.

A non-plug-in hybrid is fully gas-powered.

I bought my car in 2010 and it's still running strong. Eventually when I replace it, I am hoping they uave a fully electric model of it. I can't justify spending 25-30k for a car at the moment.

EVs are still in their infancy and Americans being Americans won't buy one as an ICE replacement unless it can go as far as their old gas guzzler and fill up in about the same time. That and the infrastructure is abysmal and it's much worse when you consider that charging stations for non-tesla EVs are generally borked at slow charging speeds if they even work at all.

The only reason I'm even considering an EV for my next car is because there's still going to be an ICE car at the house for long trips and it'll get me where I need to go on a full charge for daily use without any issues. Sadly, where I live means that if you don't have a car, you can't participate in society otherwise I'd be fine without a car period.