I understand it was always an appealing choice to a small subset of customers (have charging stations at home / work, only travel relatively short distances, etc) but all the disadvantages of EV that people are pointing out now were even worse a few years ago – like high purchase prices, range concerns, batteries underperforming in cold weather, lack of infrastructure, repairability etc.
What was the actual driver behind the massive EV boom?
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Politics. The downside of the EV was still there, but people purchased them to make a point. In those days there were also rumors spread that in the following 20 years the majority of vehicles on the road will be electric. These people wanted to be part of the trend.
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