To EV or not to EV? That is the question. From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech. I'm Megan McCarty Carrino. The push for electric vehicle adoption got a bit more uncertain with the election of Donald Trump.

While reports of EV death have been greatly exaggerated, sales growth has slowed and carmakers have pulled back on aggressive targets.

I'm sorry to report, I may be part of the trend. I recently

sold my beloved 2019 Volkswagen E-Golf, which had 120 miles of range, and after a lot of agonizing,

decided not to get another EV just yet. But what will Jack think? Jack Stewart is my former

marketplace colleague and longtime reporter on all things tech and transportation. He convinced me

to buy the car back in 2019. So we brought him back on to weigh in. Jack, are you disappointed

in me? Absolutely not. I mean,

I'm really interested to learn about how you're going to make this decision. And what's really

interesting to me is we're at this this crux point now. The early wisdom about EVs was always,

once they reached price parity with gas cars, and once the range got above around 200 miles, especially above 300

miles, consumers would just flock to them. This $35,000 price point was always cited. That was what

Elon Musk used as his target for the Model 3 when that was first announced. Now with the tax

credit especially, you can get several really good EVs for that price with

great ranges, and yet we're seeing this kind of this flux, if you like, in consumer demand.

So, I mean, tell me why.

I was when I bought the car, and I would say for the first few years, super enthusiastic about it.

I love how, you know, pure electric vehicles drive.

And I really, really thought carefully about getting into a new EV, a more modern EV, you know,

with better tech, with faster charging, with a bigger battery, with a longer range.

Ultimately, there were kind of two big things that held

me back. And let's talk about the first one. And that is concerns about public charging.

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