EV Fan
04-23-2015, 07:12 AM
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Just in time for Earth Day, when media outlets are thirsty for stories about the environment, Edmunds.com released data (http://www.edmunds.com/about/press/hybrid-and-electric-vehicles-struggle-to-maintain-owner-loyalty-reports-edmundscom.html) suggesting that electric car owners are ditching their battery-powered vehicles for gas-guzzling SUVs.
Lumping electric cars and hybrids into a single category, Edmunds said that only about 45 percent of this year’s hybrid and EV trade-ins have gone toward the purchase of another “alternative fuel vehicle.” That’s down from around 60 percent in 2012, and it represents the first time that loyalty rates for EVs and hybrids have fallen below 50 percent.
read more (http://www.plugincars.com/earth-day-edmundscom-questions-ev-loyalty-130675.html)
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Just in time for Earth Day, when media outlets are thirsty for stories about the environment, Edmunds.com released data (http://www.edmunds.com/about/press/hybrid-and-electric-vehicles-struggle-to-maintain-owner-loyalty-reports-edmundscom.html) suggesting that electric car owners are ditching their battery-powered vehicles for gas-guzzling SUVs.
Lumping electric cars and hybrids into a single category, Edmunds said that only about 45 percent of this year’s hybrid and EV trade-ins have gone toward the purchase of another “alternative fuel vehicle.” That’s down from around 60 percent in 2012, and it represents the first time that loyalty rates for EVs and hybrids have fallen below 50 percent.
read more (http://www.plugincars.com/earth-day-edmundscom-questions-ev-loyalty-130675.html)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PluginCars/~4/IJ2aXHpcX5w
More... (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PluginCars/~3/IJ2aXHpcX5w/earth-day-edmundscom-questions-ev-loyalty-130675.html)