We know that EVs aren’t everyone’s cup of tea for many possible reasons. And hey, we get it. People like different things and that’s okay. A cup of tea isn’t even everyone’s cup of tea.
One of the reasons may be that there aren’t enough places to charge up in your area. A new study by Bumper found that only 63% of American counties have public EV charging stations available, making electric vehicle ownership unrealistic for many buyers. Not to mention that the stations are not evenly dispersed but rather commonly concentrated in specific areas based on economic and racial divides, with almost 95.6% of chargers located in counties with majority white populations.
Maybe it’s because the EPA still can’t quite figure out how to accurately measure the range of an EV. According to tests performed by Car and Driver and studied by SAE International, findings showed that the average range for an EV was 12.5% worse than what the sticker stated.
Or, maybe you’re just a poor, old woman. At least according to a new report by Berylls.
Based on their data, they found that EV early adopters tend to be younger men with higher incomes, while skeptics were more likely to be older women and have lower household incomes.