{"id":36569,"date":"2022-11-21T12:04:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T17:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=36569"},"modified":"2022-11-21T12:04:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T17:04:01","slug":"1137906_ev-adoption-lags-in-the-us-heartland-but-that-may-soon-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=36569","title":{"rendered":"EV adoption lags in the US heartland, but that may soon change"},"content":{"rendered":"

In stark contrast to California, where EV sales have cracked 15%<\/a> of the vehicle market, United States EV adoption remains sluggish in the middle portion of the nation. But a change could be underway, according to a recent report from S&P Global Mobility.<\/p>\n

The 22 heartland states\u2014essentially every state in the contiguous U.S. excluding the East, West, and Gulf Coasts\u2014represented 27.1% of U.S. retail vehicle sales through August, but their share of EV sales has remained at 15.5% from 2021 into this year, according to the report.<\/p>\n

“There is no doubt that the lack of charger availability is an influence in Midwestern states, but it is not the factor,\u201d James Martin, associate director of consulting for S&P Global Mobility, said in a statement. \u201cAn equally strong factor is the availability of product in form factors that customers are willing to purchase.”<\/p>\n

\"2024<\/p>\n

2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Martin specifically mentioned a lack of affordable family EV crossovers. But some new crossover models, such as the 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV, are scheduled to debut over the next few years. And while Hyundai<\/a> simply doesn’t offer its EVs in many heartland states, that’s increasingly becoming an outlier position. Researchers also noted significant interest in EVs among heartland car buyers.<\/p>\n

“More acceptance and much broader consumer awareness is resulting in a natural progression of adoption from the coasts to the heartland,” Tom Libby, associate director of Loyalty Solutions and Industry Analysis at S&P Global Mobility, said in a statement. That seems to be backed up by\u00a0another recent study, from\u00a0iSeeCars, found that demand for used EVs, along with hybrids, plug-in hybrids, was\u00a0soaring in rural America<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"2023<\/p>\n

2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The buildout of the federal EV charging network<\/a>\u2014and all states’ involvement\u2014may play a role in catalyzing growth and interest. Convenience stores<\/a> also think they can play a significant role by offering locations for EV charging in rural America.<\/p>\n

Public charging infrastructure isn’t of course the only factor at play. A recent study from charging firm Volta suggested that no matter which region of the country, the urban\/suburban divide also plays a very significant role\u2014mainly because home charger availability decreases for urban EV intenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In stark contrast to California, where EV sales have cracked 15% of the vehicle market, United States EV adoption remains sluggish in the middle portion of the nation. But a change could be underway, according to a recent report from S&P Global Mobility. The 22 heartland states\u2014essentially every state in the contiguous U.S. excluding the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}