return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoAmericans’ junk-filled garages are hurting EV adoption, study saysarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down127
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minus-square3abas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·2 days agoBecause they keep buying shit they don’t need and hording it in the garage, while their car sits outside in the driveway exposed to the elements. Hyperinflation and incoming recession aside, Americans have been using their garages for junk storage for many decades.
minus-squareicystar@lemmy.cif.sulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoDon’t get me wrong, most of them spend money like morons while complaining they need more. However, electric vehicles are still just too expensive of an investment to justify to the average American. This could probably be fixed if the leeches maximizing profit off of them made less profit, but why would they do that unless they’re forced to?
Because they keep buying shit they don’t need and hording it in the garage, while their car sits outside in the driveway exposed to the elements.
Hyperinflation and incoming recession aside, Americans have been using their garages for junk storage for many decades.
Don’t get me wrong, most of them spend money like morons while complaining they need more.
However, electric vehicles are still just too expensive of an investment to justify to the average American.
This could probably be fixed if the leeches maximizing profit off of them made less profit, but why would they do that unless they’re forced to?