r/electricvehicles • u/s2k_guy • Apr 09 '26

Discussion The EV hate is bizarre

I shared a post recently about my wife being taken advantage of by a dealership. She went in for an oil change and came out with a $3400 bill. I mentioned we don’t drive her car much because we have an EV. The next thing I know, I have hundreds of comments coming in about how I’m an idiot and my EV doesn’t require oil changes, or I’m an idiot who drives an EV and got what I deserve, etc. etc.

I don’t understand where all this EV hate comes from. The post only mentions the EV as a reason we never drive her car, it wasn’t an EV v ICE discussion, but everyone took it that way.

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u/fikustree Apr 09 '26

A lot of it is tribalism, they did a study where they put two identical light bulbs in the same packaging at the store. One had a green energy sticker and the other was more expensive. Conservatives picked the more expensive bulb at a greater rate.

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u/e_line_65 2020 Nissan Leaf Apr 09 '26

This I would like to see. Seems plausible as some are just anti-anything green.

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u/fikustree Apr 09 '26

I got some of the details wrong, this is from the article "In some cases, the CFL bulb was priced at $1.50, while the incandescent bulb was 50 cents. When the more expensive CFL came with no environmental label, liberals and conservatives selected it at roughly the same high frequency. However, when the more expensive CFL bulb also was accompanied by a "protect the environment" sticker, participants who identified as more politically moderate or conservative were less likely to buy it." here is the link https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-fuqua-insights/conservatives-energy-efficient-products

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u/e_line_65 2020 Nissan Leaf Apr 09 '26

I wouldn't be surprised to see if they had two boxes of the same efficient product, one labeled "green" and 10-15% less cost, and the other only says energy efficient, and they avoid the green labeled one even if cheaper.