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EVs are taking over the rest of the world much faster than the US (electrek.co)
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[–] takeda@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

IMO drop in EV demand is because people discovering what an asshat Elon is. In LA previously I saw a large number of Teslas, now more and more other companies like BMW, Mercedes, Hundai and also ones that I previously never heard of like Lucid, Polestar.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Idk what's up with the downvotes here. Just speaking anecdotally, Tesla was the face of EV up until like four years ago, and Elon was the face of Tesla. Him coming out against the demographic that was among the earliest supporters of EVs (read: Tesla (read: Elon Musk)) definitely did a blow to support for them from what I've seen. I once watched a Tesla driver get booed out of an Electric Car show in Madison, WI, because of how much the community hates Elon lol

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Here in the Boston area, Tesla’s still dominate but I’ve been seeing a lot of Rivians. I Think Hundai is actually second most common but I don’t notice them

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I still see way more Teslas in Denver, but also finally some Kias, Rivians and others.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'm not saying Teslas disappeared, there's still a lot of them (especially 3), but in LA people seem to change cars frequently and along new EVs with temporary license plates there are now many non-Teslas that I did not see before.