Canada

Because they cost an arm and a dick. I can't afford a $40k car even if it's cheaper per km to operate.

They. Are. Too. Expensive.

I will never own a gas car again because gas cars are simply inferior technology. I've put 170,000km on my EV over the last 5 years, and they've been more convenient and less expensive kms than even the cheapest gas cars I've owned. The only maintenance has been rotating the tires and the cabinet air filter.

When I wake up in the morning, the car has more mileage charged in it than I'll use in the day, which includes my 100km+ round trip commute. When I drive it, the instant torque blows by most other vehicles on the road. I live in a rural area, it snows, it freezes, it doesn't get plowed right away, the car doesnt care. It always starts. I make half a dozen 1000km round trips a year in it, doesn't matter the weather, sunny or cold. I take 2 kids, my wife and all our gear in it. Did I mention they do sports, we have equipment and bikes and all that stuff.

The darn thing does everything the skeptics say it won't do and it's a shame all the misinformation I see, almost daily, about EVs.

Yeah well I don't want a big ass SUV that costs a whole arm.

I want a reasonably priced Honda E. A Fiat electric. A VW e-Golf.

But most of all, I want better public transportation.

I'm waiting for my ICE car to die. And I'm waiting for those new batteries that handle the cold better.

Preferably a non-tesla. Tesla would have a NAZI in the mouth

It wouldn't surprise me if the biggest factor was just interest rates.

EVs still do tend to cost more than ICE vehicles, and the used market is still pretty new for EVs.

Autotrader is mostly a used car marketplace. So it doesn't really surprise me that after a year where used cars cost more than news ones, and new cars were flipped for immediat profit.

Now that is starting to settle down and people who still can afford a new car just gets it right from a dealership.

I've experienced a similar decline in interest. Mostly because of one key thing, I got an e-bike.

The cost of gas was way too expensive, and I considered selling my gas powered car and buying an EV but the used and new market is well above anything I can afford, they only seem to produce SUVs or crossovers instead of anything the size of a Honda civic. I figured I'd just keep the gas car I have until it beefs it and use it for multi person trips, or far away trips.

Like it really is hard to beat when I can spend 1500-3000 on a bike that costs pocket change to charge, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg to maintain. Honestly with the lack of public transit in a lot of Canada, a bike and whatever car you already have is a great way to save on gas money.

The Tesla brand has become distasteful due to the owner's antics, and no other carmaker builds an EV that's capable of long range travel due to a lack of quick charge capability and infrastructure.

edit: "the owners" meaning the person who owns the company, ie Elon, not the people who bought the cars. Apostrophe added for clarity.

You could rewrite this as "Canadians crunched by inflation, corporate profiteering, are unwilling to spend money on top-trim, high-margin electric vehicles that manufacturers want to them buy instead of cheaper cars that they can afford".

It is true, though:

• More people rent, and so can't charge at home
• Interest rates have made monthly car payments out of range
• People are squeezed everywhere else
• Automakers (and frankly, the rest of the supply side) got addicted to debt-fueled spending and are absolutely unwilling to go back to an era of lowered expectations. I mean, we all have to do with less, but we can't expect our Captains of Industry to share the pain.

Maybe people don't want to drive a vehicle that spies on them? All EVs are privacy invading.

Sales doesn't equal interest.

I'm very interested. But, our country isn't interested in making life affordable.

From reading other stories it's not just Canada.