"About half the country is pretty cool with the idea. The other half? Well, you'll have to pry their V8 engines from their cold, dead hands. None of this is doing any favors for EV adoption, but the situation has actually improved in recent years. A new study suggests that partisan divide is slowly fading. More and more buyers are reaching across the aisle and are open to the idea of EVs being for all drivers."
"In 2023, a majority of Republican voters (59%) agreed that EVs are "for people who see the world differently" than they do, versus 25% of Democratic voters. By November 2025, only 49% of Republicans agreed, and the percentage of Republican voters who disagreed with the statement rose to 51%. That represents a 20-point net improvement in just two years. "The fierce partisan polarization over EVs is declining," Mike Murphy, a longtime Republican political strategist and the group's CEO, said in a statement on Monday."
Electric vehicle attitudes remain politically split, but Republican resistance has eased notably between 2023 and 2025. Survey data show the share of Republicans who agreed that EVs are "for people who see the world differently" fell from 59% in 2023 to 49% by November 2025, while disagreement rose to 51%, a 20‑point net improvement. Deep skepticism persists: 48% of Republicans say they will "probably never buy an EV," compared with 15% of Democrats. Increasing cross‑aisle openness among buyers could help broaden EV adoption and support the industry’s growth.
Read at insideevs.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]