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Customers say no to electric cars

Todd Buchholz Project Syndicate

Electric vehicles (EVs) are being promoted by governments and tech wizards, but the public isn’t listening, says Todd Buchholz. People still prefer to stop at a garage to fill up than “retrofit their garage” and suffer “range anxiety”. In any case, 21% of public chargers don’t work and longer, more frequent blackouts mean that people are “reluctant to tie their mobility to a wall plug”. This behaviour will affect “not just the car industry”, but also

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