Am I going crazy of has the amount of anti-EV “articles” started to skyrocket. Just today, I’ve seen a “Why I’m not buying an EV” concern article, some accusing Biden of killing EVs, “The true costs of buying an EV,” and my favorite: “Study: The True Cost of Charging an EV: $17/gallon.” (That study was funded by Exxon Mobil, lol).
What’s going on? Why is all the EV hate in the media ramping up?
But it is interesting how many dummies fall for it. The typical people that you’d expect. The ones that fall for everything and don’t understand there’s a difference between NBC Nightly News and some guy on a YouTube video saying dumb shit.
The tide has turned though so any skeptics have friends like us that drive EVs so we counter the propaganda easily.
People don’t just fall for it, they teach others. My daughter came home from school and told me about her classmate who started in on her when that classmate found out we have an entirely EV household. All the usual myths plus some brand new stuff only kids (or Alex Jones) could make up. I took it as a learning opportunity to do some critical thinking with her… But her classmate didn’t invent that on the spot; other parents are absorbing the disinformation and teaching it to their kids uncritically as a fact
I’d say it’s depressing but I’ve resigned myself to it just being human nature at this point.