The north American car culture is a fucking disease. People think "oh we thought about an EV but what if I want to do a road trip and also haul a load of rocks at the same time" and think that a big chud truck is the only answer. It's unimaginable for these chud dinosaurs to have to charge a car twice in a long day of driving or to just rent a vehicle for the 3 road trips they do a decade.
In contrast, car culture in China is not an integral part of being a masculine beef eating shit face, so consumers see a dirt cheap car that is more than capable of doing 99% of trips, and then for the 1% remaining they get on the goddamn train.
Americans just want the big SUV because of their insecurities, and use those “but what about those 1-2 trips to Home Depot I make every year” excuse as justification, because they don’t want to admit they’re insecure.
Its a few things. The American companies just want to make fucking trucks and SUVs (which are expensive and heavy), there is a lack of charging infrastructure, and because the US is so much more car focused the smaller, lower range, but much cheaper EVs that are becoming quite popular in China are not as useful in the US.
Well, from the perspective of someone who lives in a rural part of the US, lack of infrastructure, the people who drive them tend to make the fact they drive an EV their personality trait, because of point 1 the people who buy them out here are certainly well off.
Also when they inevitably break down, you'd have to go way out of your way to find someone that even can attempt to repair it, unless you really want to learn a lot about being an electrician.
This is being overtly simplistic, but a lot of it is more often logistical than anything else at least out in rural america.
Skill issue
Is this an issue with EVs or is it just that everyone's fucking broke in the states?
The north American car culture is a fucking disease. People think "oh we thought about an EV but what if I want to do a road trip and also haul a load of rocks at the same time" and think that a big chud truck is the only answer. It's unimaginable for these chud dinosaurs to have to charge a car twice in a long day of driving or to just rent a vehicle for the 3 road trips they do a decade.
In contrast, car culture in China is not an integral part of being a masculine beef eating shit face, so consumers see a dirt cheap car that is more than capable of doing 99% of trips, and then for the 1% remaining they get on the goddamn train.
Americans just want the big SUV because of their insecurities, and use those “but what about those 1-2 trips to Home Depot I make every year” excuse as justification, because they don’t want to admit they’re insecure.
Part of the reason is probably that China has affordable EVs like the BYD Seagull and the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV
omg, what a little enchanter.
All the best stuff's made in China
Its a few things. The American companies just want to make fucking trucks and SUVs (which are expensive and heavy), there is a lack of charging infrastructure, and because the US is so much more car focused the smaller, lower range, but much cheaper EVs that are becoming quite popular in China are not as useful in the US.
Well, from the perspective of someone who lives in a rural part of the US, lack of infrastructure, the people who drive them tend to make the fact they drive an EV their personality trait, because of point 1 the people who buy them out here are certainly well off.
Also when they inevitably break down, you'd have to go way out of your way to find someone that even can attempt to repair it, unless you really want to learn a lot about being an electrician.
This is being overtly simplistic, but a lot of it is more often logistical than anything else at least out in rural america.