very very few customer's want them. you would be surprised at how little most people care. Oh sure many will say they want an EV but that drops fast when costs

very very few customer's want them. you would be surprised at how little most people care. Oh sure many will say they want an EV but that drops fast when costs go up and so on. I have a Tesla Model 3. I work at a company that is heavily car involved, and you would be surprised at how many people don't realize it is all electric. There are people who still don't associate Tesla with cars! Plus lets be honest, unless you own a Tesla your ability to take standard trips any petrol car can do is very limited and even with Tesla it gets limited in winter. I can see losses of twenty to thirty percent and I am just in the Southeast for temperature swings. Yes dealerships will need to sell them but before that a large number of people need to want them. We haven't reached that point for many reasons, some include 1) cost 2) education 3) range (numbers are mild weather only) 4) not all vehicle types are represented 5) not much selection 6) the tech is barely ready 7) the charging system is not settled nor widespread this list can go on and on and I am en EV owner/supporter. as for the article, another company which hasn't gotten really to step 1 making declarations about the wonders that await us is nothing new, actually doing it will be the issue. Seeing that Volvo has a lot of manufacturing in China it would be far easier to come in under a known nameplate but legacy brands have cost numbers well established and may be limited in how low they will aim