Maybe here on lemmy, but I don’t think that’s a majority opinion in the broader public.
This article does a decent job explaining it, EV sales have leveled off or are down across the industry because the EV market has saturated the early adopters and hasn’t yet grown into the early majority. A few things need to happen for mainstream adoption:
- prices need to come down
- charging network needs to improve
- range needs to improve
A reduction in sales means one of those isn’t in line with what the majority wants.
I really need lower prices and don’t care about the other two. I want something for my 25 mile commute, and it doesn’t need to be fancy, it just needs to be inexpensive and reliable. So give me a car with 100-150 mile range where the battery pack is cheap to replace (those sodium-ion batteries look nice).
For our family car, I need better range. We often go on road trips with 400+ miles between stops. Give me that and a better charging network and I’ll consider switching the family car over.
bassomitron@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’d say that the bulk of the sales decline are primarily rooted in the fact that the competition has outdone Tesla on pricing and quality. Way too many stories of Tesla cars dying from a simple rainy day or driving through puddles and then the company fucking the customers over by not covering those incidents under the warranty with bullshit excuses.