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Although hybrid vehicles in the United States had sold three percent of all vehicles sold in the country, 26 percent of Americans according to a survey turned out to have considered buying an electric vehicle as the vehicle they would buy next. The survey conducted on 1752 adults by the Consumer Report. Of that amount, approximately 72 percent had not wanted to buy electric cars.
The numbers were smaller than those who want to buy a Tesla Roadster. This is due to limited infrastructure to facilitate operational electric cars. It is estimated, the change in the consideration of people buying electric cars will be influenced by the price.
Meanwhile, Nissan, Ford, and General Motors will soon market the electric cars around 18 months ahead. These three companies have not provided information on the expected price of electric cars that will be marketed; Analysts expect that the price of their products between 25,000 dollars and 40,000 U.S. dollars, the price was not yet certain, whether including the battery and get a tax subsidy from the government.
One-fifth of all respondents indicated that they do not want to pay more for electric vehicles. The other one-fifth would pay 5000 dollars in addition because they understand that prices are still very expensive battery. Estimated, the electric car market could reach double digits in the next few years.
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