Car Dealers Express Doubt About Rapid Adoption of Electric Vehicles Despite Government Mandates

This despite President Biden’s push to have EVs make up half of all new car sales just six years from now.

AP/Robert F. Bukaty

American car dealers are not optimistic about the future of electric vehicles, according to a new survey, as those on the ground responsible for selling the cars suggest that the financial burden and customers’ lack of confidence in the new technology will be hard to overcome — all this despite President Biden’s push to have half of all new car sales be electric vehicles by 2030. 

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