Comment by joe_mamba
5 hours ago
Good point but that can be explained by familiarity inertia. People who have 50k to blow on a new car are anything but young buyers, with the average age of a new car buyer in the US is around 53 years old.
And boomers and gen-X are used to owning ICEs, so there you go.
Millennials and Zoomers would be more open to EV adoption but they have a lot less disposable income to buy new cars.
Meanwhile, bicycles and e-bikes cost a fraction of a car.
Not sure if you are familiar with the built-environment in America, but there’s effectively no biking infrastructure and people are openly hostile towards cyclists who try.
We've been overtaken by minibikes and ATVs on the roads, it's weird.
Same here in New Zealand. Around town a bike is quicker and you learn to adapt to the danger. I about 1000k per month.
The main issues for me are small load capacity and whether or not there is a shower at the destination.
Barely any bike infrastructure where I live, either. You can make it work. Give it a try someday.
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Yes, and? They're different tools for different purposes. Such a disingenuous comment.
> They're different tools for different purposes.
Getting to work and running local errands?
Disingenuous? Plenty of people live without a car.
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I don't think being used to buying ICE cars is an excuse. Or probably even true.
More likely they stay popular because America has extremely cheap petrol/gas and poor electric car charging infrastructure.