It would need a more serious analysis to really get to the bottom of that but I think would hypothesise that electric cars being significantly more expensive th

It would need a more serious analysis to really get to the bottom of that but I think would hypothesise that electric cars being significantly more expensive than the equivalent ICE changes the dynamic slightly. It's harder to justify financing a more expensive product up-front in the hopes of running costs offsetting the cost later on when you have to pay significant interest on the difference. Also, supply chain issues and inflation on underlying materials have obvious had significant impacts on sales over recent years.