Electric Car Fatigue?
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By Phil LeBeau
CNBC Correspondent
September 10, 2010; With the hype and the hope building for the roll out of electric cars this fall, there is a comment I'm hearing more and more from people as I travel around the country and it goes something like this, "That's nice. Tell me when they are a big deal."
In other words, much of the public is treating the upcoming debuts of the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf as interesting for others, but not something they are focused on.
Blame it on the stalled economy or the fact prices at the pump have stayed in check or the fatigue of hearing about electric cars.
Whatever the reason, I'm getting a collective shrug of the shoulders when I talk about electric cars with people outside the auto industry. Yesterday was a good example. Flying back to Chicago, three different people asked me what I think of Hyundai because they are thinking about buying a new one.