When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

When will you buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

  • Already Own One

    Votes: 57 7.0%
  • In the next year

    Votes: 8 1.0%
  • Between 1-5 years

    Votes: 144 17.6%
  • 6-10 years

    Votes: 184 22.4%
  • 10+ years or never

    Votes: 427 52.1%

  • Total voters
    820

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I was struck by the following from Ford. Their CEO "warned of continued pressure on electric vehicles as customers balk at paying a premium for EVs over other models."

If their business plan was mainstream customers would pay a premium for EV's- that sounds pretty naive about how most consumers shop. Maybe that attitude would hold true if the car companies where planning on EV's being a niche market for vehicles. But US auto companies have basically written off autos for the last decade and focused on creating market demand for pickups and SUV's.

Color me shocked that CEOs aren’t understanding that $80-$110k vehicles at 7% interest aren’t exactly flying off the lots…
 

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Color me shocked that CEOs aren’t understanding that $80-$110k vehicles at 7% interest aren’t exactly flying off the lots…
The problem is that people want an EV with 300-350 mile of range for the price of an EV with a 200-250 mile range. The other issue is Americans (myself included) want a giant bro-dozer that needs a huge battery but can't understand why that giant battery is so damn expensive.
 

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I'm pretty sure he means a house with solar on the roof in combination with a BEV. Cars just don't have enough square footage to do much with solar.
Oh yeah, if that's the case, that's the best idea.

But yeah, solar on the roof of the car just doesn't work.
 
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Due to my Parkinson's Plus, I'm only able to drive short distances in town and pretty much only on the weekends with the wife is with. We turned in my amazing Highlander Platinum lease for a couple year old micro machine since it will sit 9 out of 10 days. This is a great example of where an electric vehicle would be perfect - or even a PHEV.
 
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Due to my Parkinson's Plus, I'm only able to drive short distances in town and pretty much only on the weekends with the wife is with. We turned in my amazing Highlander Platinum lease for a couple year old midget mobile since it will sit 9 out of 10 days. This is a great example of where an electric vehicle would be perfect - or even a PHEV.
midget mobile?
 

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A hybrid vehicle makes more sense in rural parts of the country, where 75 to 100 miles a day drive is almost standard,
 
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A hybrid vehicle makes more sense in rural parts of the country, where 75 to 100 miles a day drive is almost standard,
Does it really though? A hybrid drivetrain doesn't really do anything for long drives, it's only really useful in town or stop/go driving. If you look up the EPA ratings on vehicles where you can get a hybrid or a regular ICE drivetrain the hybrid never has better highway fuel economy than the plain ICE one.
 

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Color me shocked that CEOs aren’t understanding that $80-$110k vehicles at 7% interest aren’t exactly flying off the lots…

It will be interesting to see if the auto industry goes through a dramatic change in consumer demand like the early 1970's. In the 70's when gas prices rose dramatically US manufacturers got caught only offering gas guzzling models. That opened the door for fuel efficient Japanese models to enter the market.

Today, rising interest rates and general inflation could push consumers toward smaller less expensive vehicles. It seems like US manufacturers have focused on more expensive, higher margin EV's in the initial rollout. Does that open the door for Chinese or other foreign manufacturers.
 
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No, I wasn't being PC, I just didn't know what kind of car you meant.
Older Mustang

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It will be interesting to see if the auto industry goes through a dramatic change in consumer demand like the early 1970's. In the 70's when gas prices rose dramatically US manufacturers got caught only offering gas guzzling models. That opened the door for fuel efficient Japanese models to enter the market.

Today, rising interest rates and general inflation could push consumers toward smaller less expensive vehicles. It seems like US manufacturers have focused on more expensive, higher margin EV's in the initial rollout. Does that open the door for Chinese or other foreign manufacturers.

I’d bet that Detroit will eventually regret their movement away from Sedans. For ICE vehicles, the consumer saw that extra expense at the pumps and could ignore that for the roominess. With EV’s, that means larger batteries to get the same range. So that pain is felt upfront and I think people are going to look to foreign sedans as they will be priced much lower.