One way to avoid pump pain is to never go there. Katie Mitchell bought an electric car in January and says she is now saving hundreds of dollars a month by charging instead of filling up.
When she saw gas prices soar in recent months, she said she felt “lucky” and “grateful.”
“It’s one of the things I thank for,” he said of his decision.
A new CBS News poll found that 59% of Americans would or might consider buying an electric vehicle. Those who would cite the environment and high gas prices as its main reasons.
But many of the electric models that carmakers continue to advertise are not yet available, and an impending battery shortage could further increase the brakes. Tesla is the market leader in electric vehicles, but the waiting list for its cars is several months.
“People are asking for a better, less fuel-intensive way to drive away from fuel pump prices, and yet finding any new car, let alone an electric model, is so difficult right now,” Brian said. CNET’s general editor Cooley told CBS News.
The general manager of electric vehicle maker Rivian, which is struggling to deliver its new vehicles, warned that this could be worse than the current shortage of chips, as demand for materials inside batteries, specifically lithium is fired.
The United States has only one lithium-producing mine in southern Nevada, which provides less than 2% of the world’s supply.
Mitchell is glad he bought his car when he did.
“I feel a bit like an accidental genius,” he said.
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