Disgust at the CEO’s rightwing activism is casting a pall but conservatives are no more likely to buy EVs
US liberals have become so disgusted with Tesla since Elon Musk’s rightward turn that they are now not only far less likely to purchase the car brand but also less willing to buy any type of electric car, new research has found.
The popularity of Tesla among liberal-minded Americans has plummeted since Musk, Tesla’s chief executive and the world’s richest person, allied himself with Donald Trump and helped propel the president to election victory last year.
While liberals reported mostly positive intentions around buying an electric car in August 2023, their overall support for EVs eroded in the wake of a collapse in their opinion of Teslas, according to the new study, which polled Americans on an array of environmental actions.
I’m still waiting for an EV minivan. And also ya know having the spare money which is a lot less under this admin because there’s more uncertainty in everything and less regulation against exploitation.
the ID Buzz is really interesting to me, but just doesn’t have the range. Ofc it’s pricey as well.
The killer is that 60-70k price. Getting a similar hybrid is 40-50k and that extra 10-20k would take over a decade to reach break-even for me (about $75 in gas a month with the current conditions). Ofc I can buy used but used prices nowadays are insane.
I got a Kia plug in hybrid for less than 50k. Most of my miles are electric but I also don’t have any range problems.
I have a hybrid so the upgrade to a PHEV isn’t quite enough imo. The only phev minivan I see is the pacifica with a 32mi ev range. Like the price is closer but it still takes a long ass time for the price difference to be worth it.