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Title is incorrect. > Sure, sales of EVs keep going up — a record 300,000 cars sold in the US in the third quarter of 2023 were electric — but the pace of adop
by jvanderbot 3y ago
Title is incorrect.
> Sure, sales of EVs keep going up — a record 300,000 cars sold in the US in the third quarter of 2023 were electric — but the pace of adoption has markedly slowed
So, from that we're to conclude that electric cars are doomed?
In fact, fewer more people are buying cars:
> Electric car registrations accounted for more than 16% of the market in the first seven months of 2023, up from 14% this time last year. The rise saw the number of electric cars sold rise to 175,978 from 127,492 by the end of July (a rise of 38%), according to the latest official figures from the SMMT.
https://www.electrifying.com/blog/article/electric-car-sales-growth-strong-but-not-on-target-for-2024-goal https://www.electrifying.com/blog/article/electric-car-sales... (and their first citation)
- pjc50 3y agoYes, it's very misleading report that the second derivative has changed.
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- jvanderbot 3y ago"Markedly slowed" is apparently what we say when growth is 87% of what it was last time this year. And this somehow means that sales are less than they were? The spin doctors have lost their minds.