EV Survey Says High Prices, Unreliable Chargers are Slowing Down Electric Adoption

Electric vehicle (EV)'s skyrocketing prices and unreliable chargers across various charging networks are slowing the adoption of electric cars, finds a recent survey.

While the demand for EVs has massively grown through the years, outpacing the supply that carmakers could provide, its adoption has yet to fully take off.

And as such, a recent survey from J.D. Power looked at what is preventing the full-blown switch of consumers to battery-powered EVs from cars that still run on gas.

EV Survey on Slow Adoption

As per the latest news story by Tech Crunch, EV owners find it frustrating to top up the battery of their electric cars in various public charging stations as the chargers are often faulty.

The survey from J.D. Power notes that the crappy charges in these charging networks are one of the top reasons why adoption to electric cars has yet reach its full potential.

Tech Crunch notes that the slowdown in all-electric car adoption is a bummer as our home planet has been getting extremely hot nowadays more than ever before.

The switch to EVs is supposed to keep the greenhouse gas emission on Earth low. It comes as these battery-operated cars are expected to play a massive role in making transportation a tad cleaner.

But despite the benefits of electric cars, its owners are experiencing a couple of problems when they make the switch.

Unreliable EV Chargers

One out of five EV owners in the survey shares that they "ended up not charging" their electric cars when they visited a charging station.

And it turns out that most of them say that it is typically due to a faulty charger at the station, or in some cases, it is out of service.

According to a recent report by Bloomberg, more than 11,550 owners of electric cars have participated in the survey.

But roughly 75% of them highlighted that faulty chargers prevented them from topping up the juice of their EVs.

Skyrocketing Prices of EVs

Besides the annoying faulty chargers at various stations, EV owners are also dissatisfied with the current hefty pricing of most electric offerings in the market.

Tech Crunch reports that another survey, which the EV financing firm Tenet has commissioned, puts the spotlight on the expensive price tag of electric cars.

More than 2,040 adults in the US have participated in the survey, wherein 81% say that they think that going electric is "too expensive."

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Written by Teejay Boris