I worked in car sales in 2021, so many people didn’t want to consider a hybrid or all electric because it was “worse for the environment than gas”, or the “construction of the batteries was worse for the environment than an oil rig”, or the idea of having to replace two different batteries every “few years” was wasteful and more expensive then just buying a gas car you only had to replace one battery on. And that was just 5 years ago…
Like the people against EV were/are sucking the exhaust pipes these manufacturers were/are pumping propaganda out of completely dry, people are really ignorant and tend to not do any research on their own and depend on the news outlets and industry leaders to do all their research for them, especially when it comes to vehicle purchases.
Most of the people that were against EVs in my experience were people that purchased $70k-$90k trucks with all the bells and whistles… They had no reason to save money by switching off gas.
It’s not just this guy’s dad, there’s a lot of them out there, all across the world.
hig13@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I worked in car sales in 2021, so many people didn’t want to consider a hybrid or all electric because it was “worse for the environment than gas”, or the “construction of the batteries was worse for the environment than an oil rig”, or the idea of having to replace two different batteries every “few years” was wasteful and more expensive then just buying a gas car you only had to replace one battery on. And that was just 5 years ago…
Like the people against EV were/are sucking the exhaust pipes these manufacturers were/are pumping propaganda out of completely dry, people are really ignorant and tend to not do any research on their own and depend on the news outlets and industry leaders to do all their research for them, especially when it comes to vehicle purchases.
Most of the people that were against EVs in my experience were people that purchased $70k-$90k trucks with all the bells and whistles… They had no reason to save money by switching off gas.
It’s not just this guy’s dad, there’s a lot of them out there, all across the world.