Most Americans still don't want an electric car — and many EV buyers end up going back to gas
A new poll suggests that a majority of Americans aren't interested in giving up gasoline quite yet.
Even as electric vehicles dominate headlines and hot new models hit the market, most Americans aren't interested in giving up gasoline.
In a recent poll conducted by Yahoo Finance and Ipsos, 57% of respondents said they were not likely to choose an EV when they buy their next car. (For the purposes of the study, EVs included fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids, which have a larger battery and more electric range than traditional hybrids.)
Of that majority, 36% said they were "not at all likely" to go electric, while 21% said they were "not too likely." Thirty-one percent of those surveyed said they were likely to buy an EV.
The biggest factors turning potential buyers off from EVs are the same worries that consistently pop up in these kinds of surveys: High vehicle cost, limited driving range, and insufficient charging infrastructure.