I have zero hope for the US to actually bite on EVs. The only reason China has seen such rapid adoption is that, even without incentives and subsidies, EVs are cheaper than ICE vehicles. That's simply not true in the US yet and won't be true for at least another few years.

[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It is happening though. Just not quite as fast as in the EU for example, but the trend is cause for some optimism.

https://insideevs.com/news/657660/us-electric-car-sales-january2023/

75% YoY increase in EVs sold as a percentage of all new light vehicles from 2022 to 2023. It's still single digits (7.1%) but I expect that number to keep rising. Will be really interesting to see what the figures are next year. Apparently California is already above 20% of new car sales.

This article also has some promising forward looking polling results.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/09/15/ev-tipping-point-electric-poll/

Only 46% of people surveyed preferred a fully gas powered vehicle. That seems like a big shift in public opinion from even 5 years ago.

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure, but that's with absolutely gigantic government subsidies even as the prices of EVs are plateauing.

[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah and oil is majorly subsidized in the US as well.

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