The number of buyers in the U.S. considering an electric vehicle purchase in 2024 has fallen from a year ago due to a shortage of affordable cars, inadequate charging infrastructure and ignorance about EV benefits, a study by J.D. Power, opens new tab has shown.

Other factors contributing to waning EV demand in the United States include stubborn inflation, high interest rates and underwhelming growth in model availability, the study said.

    • SeaJ@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      I feel like that needs to be an option. We have had electric dogs for years. Why no electric cats?

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        7 months ago

        No no no no, I keep looking at cats and being grateful that they are so small. Why would you create A.I. based on a predator?

        “We should have known better than to keep upgrading the cat, Manny. It knows us too well.” Accellerando, C. Stross