Transportation
EVs Have a ‘Republican Problem’ With Divide Deepening Ahead of Election
Republicans make up the largest group of new car buyers in the US, but, at least by one account, Democrats are 4.5 times more likely to buy an EV.
A salesperson speaks with a customer in the showroom at Audi Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Tucked between the onslaught of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris ads flooding Michigan’s airwaves ahead of the US election is a six-figure TV blitz that, on the surface, has nothing to do with politics. Rather, the 30-second spots are aimed at convincing swing-state voters of the merits of buying electric vehicles.
“Forget the political noise,” the ad says, flashing photos of factory workers at car manufacturing plants over clips of Trump railing on EVs. “EVs mean good American jobs.”