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EV Enthusiasts Are Losing The Battle In The USA Right Now — Why?
(cleantechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2025
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The first attempt at EVs from legacy automakers was high margin overpriced cars, modeled around Tesla. Might have worked if the US hadn't Trumped the economy.
The second round of EVs selling big in Europe are smaller and affordable.
Detroit thought EV were just a way to make huge, inefficient oversized vehicles without worrying about the EPA.
But the poor adoption of EVs is because of a lack of standardized reliable infrastructure.