Issues and concerns with regard to affordability and charging have held consumers back from converting to the battery electric vehicles. Making this switch between the ICE cars and the tracks to the ones which are battery powered electric vehicles is a huge choice for the customers who are willing to cling on to the convenience and familiarity of going to a fuel station for refueling. General Motors doesn’t think this is a phenomenon which will last for too long.
However in a session with the reporters this Thursday during a meeting, the Chairperson of General Motors Mary Barra said that she is not going to agree with the concept that the drivers are going to resist giving up the fueling for a recharge of the battery. She said that maybe a small fraction may be doing so but there will be a lot of forces which are going to encourage people to take up the electric vehicles.
The reasons according to her are the fact that the cars are a great fun to drive and says out of her personal experience that not going to a gas station can become really addictive very quickly. The challenge is going to not be mainstream for very long.
As of now, there are not many who are holding out. The sales of the electric vehicles thus far are not great but she does expect it to pick up soon. The third quarter however showed that the sale numbers of the electric vehicle were just 5% of what the total vehicle sales were in the United States.
The trend is however picking up as the number of dealerships have considerably increased in the last few years. That is a great sign for the company and the overall economy of electric vehicles as the world gradually adopts to it.