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The Wrong Americans Are Buying Electric Cars

The EV early adopter has given way to the superuser or, worse still, the hoarder.

Tesla vehicles next to charging stations at a Sheetz gas station in Breezewood, Pennsylvania.

Tesla vehicles next to charging stations at a Sheetz gas station in Breezewood, Pennsylvania.

Photographer: Nate Smallwood/Bloomberg
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Keller Strother got his first Tesla, a Roadster, in 2011. He still has it, though his garage now includes two more Teslas and a vintage Porsche 911 that recently had its gas-burning guts swapped out for a battery and electric motors. 

In a warming world, where roughly one quarter of Americans are keen to buy an electric vehicle, Strother has four of them.