From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.global-warming,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: LOL - Almost Half of EV Owners Want To Go Back To Gas Cars
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 21:15:34 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
Nearly half of American electric vehicle (EV) owners want to buy an internal
combustion engine model the next time they buy a car, according to a new study
from McKinsey and Company, a leading consulting firm. [emphasis, links added]
Approximately 46% of Americans who own an EV want to go back to a standard
vehicle for their next purchase, citing issues like inadequate charging
infrastructure and affordability, according to McKinsey's study, which was
obtained and reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The study's findings further suggest that the Biden administration's EV push is
struggling to land with American consumers after 46% of respondents indicated
that they are unlikely or very unlikely to purchase an EV in a June poll
conducted by The Associated Press and the University of Chicago's Energy Policy
Institute.
Moreover, 58% of Americans are very likely to keep their current cars for
longer, and 44% are likely to postpone a possible switch to EVs, McKinsey's
study found.
Consumers' concerns about EV charging infrastructure are notable given the slow
rollout of the Biden administration's $7.5 billion public EV charger program,
which has so far led to the construction of only a handful of chargers in
nearly three years.
The Biden administration has a stated goal of having EVs make up 50% of all new
car sales by 2030, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized
stringent regulations in March that will force manufacturers to ensure that up
to 56% of their light-duty vehicles are EVs by 2032.
The EPA has also finalized strict emissions standards for medium- and light-
duty vehicles, while the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
has also locked in fuel economy standards that will further push manufacturers
to produce more EVs.
The administration is also spending billions of dollars to subsidize the
production and purchase of EVs, but manufacturers are still losing considerable
amounts of cash on their EV product lines.
EVs remained below a 10% share of all auto sales in the U.S. in 2023, according
to Cox Automotive.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/after-billions-in-subsides-reality-is-
sinking-in-that-evs-may-be-the-new-edsels/
https://climatechangedispatch.com/biden-is-still-trying-to-take-your-gas-
powered-car-as-his-ev-dreams-collapse/
https://climatechangedispatch.com/biden-promised-half-a-million-ev-charging-
stations-we-now-have-eight/
https://climatechangedispatch.com/biden-unveils-harshest-tailpipe-emission-
rules-to-jump-start-ev-sales/
https://climatechangedispatch.com/energy-business-groups-sue-biden-admin-over-
electric-vehicle-mandate/
https://climatechangedispatch.com/experts-ev-warning-one-of-the-biggest-energy-
policy-blunders-weve-ever-made/
https://climatechangedispatch.com/update-federal-war-against-internal-
combustion-vehicles/
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/31/biden-billions-retrofit-auto-plants-
electric-vehicles/
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/02/electric-vehicles-tax-credits-supply-china/
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/26/republicans-answers-biden-ev-charger-
subsidy-programs/
https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/20/biden-epa-tailpipe-standards-electric-
vehicles/
https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/29/biden-epa-electric-trucks-emissions-
regulation/
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/01/biden-infrastructure-bill-billions-ev-
chargers-slow-progress/
https://dailycaller.com/2024/06/04/biden-electric-vehicles-american-consumers-
poll/
https://dailycaller.com/2024/06/07/biden-administration-nhtsa-cafe-rules-
electric-vehicles/
https://dailycaller.com/2024/06/12/its-all-a-mess-internal-documents-reveal-
how-dei-requirements-are-hamstringing-bidens-ev-agenda/
https://www.coxautoinc.com/market-insights/q4-2023-ev-sales/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/12/14/fact-
sheet-biden-harris-administration-takes-action-to-accelerate-americas-clean-
transportation-future/
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June:
Feet Of June Snow Hit Fonna, Norway As Europe Turns Blue
Eastern Australia Shivers
Record June Snow In The Alps
Summer In Japan Arrives a Little Late
Europe Chills
It Was A Cold May For Many
Heavy Snow Hits Northeast Iceland
UK Enduring A Historically Cold June
Frosts on June 11
Summer Snow In Northern India
50 Billion Tons Of Snow Has Fallen On Greenland So Far In June
Snowstorm In Himalayas Kills At Least 9
Snow Hits Parts of South Africa For First Time In 40 Years
Scotland Sees Snow
Global Temperature Drop (of COURSE... Hunga Tonga's Water Vapour!)
Warnings Issued In South Africa For "Disruptive Cold And Snow"
Coldest May Lows In 70-Years Hit Wagnerite, Australia
Argentina Abnormally Cold
Almost 7-Feet of June Snow Traps Hikers In German Alps
Snow Set For Scotland
Rare Frost Advisories In Ontario
It's Snowing In Northern India
Spring Freeze "Sharply Reduces" Russia's Wheat Harvest
Summer Skiing In Europe After Record-Breaking Spring Snow
Record Cold Strikes Japan
Frigid Streak At The South Pole
Low Olive Harvest In Greece Due To 'Weather Shifts'
Greenland's Record Ice Gains
Colder-Than-Average May In Europe
South America Freezes
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May:
U.S. Ski Industry Reports 5th-Best Season On Record
"Deep, Drifting Snow" Keeps Beartooth Closed
The Suess de Vries Cycle
Spring Anomalies From BC To SoCal
Winter Prolonged In Alaska
Australia's Cold And Snow
Chile's Weather Agency Got It Dead Wrong As South America Freezes
Spring Anomalies From BC To SoCal
Record May Cold Hits South Australia
Latest Snowfall In Decades At Snoqualmie
Frozen Turkey