Electric vehicles: The 3 main factors holding back sales

Oct 26, 2022

Electric vehicle sales are increasing, but the transition to cleaner transport may not be happening fast enough to meet climate targets. Image: Unsplash/Robert Linder

Johnny Wood

Writer, Forum Agenda

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A graph showing global monthly plug-in electric vehicles sales and Y-O-Y growth.

Annual global electric vehicles sales could reach 10.6 million in 2022. Image: EV-Volumes.com

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A graphic showing how a lack of charging stations replaced high upfront cost as the top inhibitor to purchase electric vehicles.

The main obstacle to electric vehicle uptake is a lack of charging infrastructure. Image: EY

A graphic showing how far can an electric vehicles charge go on one charge.

The average electric vehicles range has more than doubled in the last decade. Image: Visual Capitalist.

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