> it's very possible that most car buyers simply don't want [a Tesla/electric car]. Many surveys have shown that people want electric cars [1, 2]. While the ca

> it's very possible that most car buyers simply don't want [a Tesla/electric car]. Many surveys have shown that people want electric cars [1, 2]. While the car industry overall has declined [3], the EV segment has continued to grow [4]. While it's possible that people don't want to own an EV, the available evidence hints at future growth in the EV segment [5]. [1] https://www.fool.com/investing/2016/09/20/consumers-are-more-willing-to-buy-an-electric-vehi.aspx https://www.fool.com/investing/2016/09/20/consumers-are-more... [2] https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/02/30-of-us-buyers-consider-electric-cars-only-3-buy-can-this-change/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/02/30-of-us-buyers-conside... [3] http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/01/news/july-car-sales/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/01/news/july-car-sales/index.ht... [4] http://blog.ucsusa.org/peter-oconnor/electric-car-rolling-sales-numbers http://blog.ucsusa.org/peter-oconnor/electric-car-rolling-sa... [5] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-25/electric-car-boom-seen-triggering-peak-oil-demand-in-2030s https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-25/electric-...