Has Consumer Thinking About Electric Vehicles Changed?

by Tim Healey

Published: December 31st, 2025

has consumer thinking about electric vehicles changed

Hey there! It's time for the TTAC podcast. This week's is the final one of 2025.

This week we have research on how consumers are thinking about electric vehicles. We also have tips on exhaust repair and thoughts on NASCAR paint schemes.

CDK Global's David Thomas talks about consumers and EVs with us, and TTAC contributor Matthew Guy walks us through exhaust repair. Guy and I then go over the best and worst NASCAR paint schemes from 2025.

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We thank David and Matthew for their time and Matt Posky for editing. Most of all, we thank you for listening!

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Bigtruckseriesreview @ Youtube on Jan 03, 2026

EV are excellent daily drivers for people going back and forth between school or work so long as they have a level 2 charger at home.

But for road trips they are terrible.

the charging infrastructure is in its infancy.

Even the NACS equipped EV benefiting from Tesla Superchargers are bad at road trips. They lose range doing highway mileage and they lose range when the heater is on.

Having to charge adds a lot of extra time to a trip and can be annoying - especially when darkness comes early during winter months. 40 minutes to an hour extra- and that’s assuming you’re lucky and there’s no line waiting.

In a Cadillac Optiq, I drove 500 miles and charged on Tesla twice. $95

Our Cadillac XT5 would have been cheaper on regular unleaded.

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- Lloyd Bonified on Jan 03, 2026
  
  Well that is a blast from the past
  
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- Jalop1991 on Jan 04, 2026
  
  EV are excellent daily drivers for people going back and forth between school or work
  But those people are WAY better off with an inexpensive used Corolla for that task, given that--as MC points out--of course they will have gas cars for tasks outside that narrow application.
  Buying an entire EV just for the simple commuting task? Is it any wonder we call them golf carts?
  
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Bd2 on Jan 04, 2026

Not really.

Aside from early adopters, buyers aren't willing to pay the premium for a BEV, but good used BEVs are flying off lots.

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- Grandmaster T on Jan 04, 2026
  
  What used BEVs do you recommend?
  
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- Jalop1991 on Jan 05, 2026
  
  running ones that still take a charge
  
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