The high unit cost of used electric vehicles (EVs) is holding back the electrification of the car market, new research suggests, with a lack of community charging facilities, short driving range, and disinterested customers cited by UK motor trade dealers as combining to stifle sales.
November’s Startline Used Car Tracker shows more than half (58 percent) of dealers are worried about the expense of EVs compared to petrol and diesel alternatives.
One-in-four dealers (25 percent) are also troubled by lack of community onsite charging facilities while almost one-in-five (19 percent) simply say customers aren’t ready to accept EVs.
When asked what would help them adapt to electrification, 61 percent of dealers wanted generally cheaper EVs while 38 percent said longer range vehicles would be an advantage and 28 percent that a greater choice of electric models was needed.
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