No surprise since electric cars are way too expensive to buy and even more expensive to maintain or fix.

The auto industry’s push to boost sales of electric vehicles is running into a cold, hard reality: Buyers’ interest in these models is proving shallower than expected.

While EV sales continue to grow—rising 51% this year through September—the rate has slowed from a year earlier and unsold inventory is starting to pile up for some brands.

Some car companies, such as Ford Motor F -1.58%decrease; red down pointing triangle and Toyota Motor TM -2.16%decrease; red down pointing triangle, are tempering their expectations for EVs and shifting more resources into hybrids, which have been drawing consumers at a faster clip.

The first wave of buyers willing to pay a premium for a battery-powered car has already made the purchase, dealers and executives say, and automakers are now dealing with a more hesitant group, just as a barrage of new EV models are expected to hit dealerships in the coming years.

In reality, automakers can only deliver in terms of the car manufacturing aspect of vehicle production. Tesla, on the other hand, is a piece of technology, manufactured by a software company which is delivered in an automobile. That is why Tesla caught on so quickly and does so well. However, even people who buy Teslas are a small segment of the overall car consumer market.

While you can lead a horse to water but can’t make them drink, that’s not going to stop Biden and the left in general from continuing to keep trying, even if it means outlawing gas-powered cars in general. To them, somehow utopia is just around the corner.

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