Markets for everything - coal burning electric vehicles

Looks like the WOW! factor is fading and sales are slumping. From the Los Angeles Times:

Car buyers shun electric vehicles not named Tesla. Are carmakers driving off a cliff?
Regulators are demanding zero-emission vehicles. And manufacturers are scrambling to provide them, spending billions on electric-car development.

Ford says a third of its vehicles will be electric by 2030. Volkswagen plans to sell a million EVs annually just two years from now. At Volvo, half its offerings will be electric by 2025. By the end of this year, most major automakers will be offering at least one EV.

And buyers? So far, they’re not on board — especially those in the United States.

Despite the debut of 45 pure electric and plug-in hybrids in the United States last year, only 325,000 plug-in passenger vehicles were sold, down 6.8% from 349,000 in 2018, according to Edmunds. That is just 2% of the 17 million vehicles of all types sold in the United States in 2019. Numbers for California aren’t available yet, but 112,961 EVs were sold in the first three quarters of 2019, up only 5.6% from the year-earlier period.

Yeah - it is a big fat gimmick. I would love to own one, most of my driving is within a 20 mile range. I did buy an eBike last summer and love it. That being said, if I owned a full-size EV, I would still keep my gasoline vehicles as they simply cost less to run and when (not if - when), the battery pack needs to be replaced, that is an easy $10-$15K out of pocket. Simply does not pencil out.

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