People aren't going to stop driving to work or drop $40k on an electric car (especially during a shortage) in response to a short term price spike. However, if it persists people would eventually switch over to alternatives
> However, if it persists people would eventually switch over to alternatives
Perhaps, but that's speculation too.
Are you sure it didn't deter sales or driving? I don't have the numbers, but I suspect if we found them we would see that the average vehicle purchased used less gas and that sales of gasoline were lower than typical.
Not in my experience, no. The newer trucks have very distinctive grills, and I've seen more and more of them over the past year.
All that shows is that there are sales, but we're trying to figure out whether there are more or fewer sales than typical
You sound quite confident for someone lacking data.
My post is built from two data points, my experience of driving and seeing as many trucks on the road as ever (and an increasing number of newer models, which are bigger and have distinctive grills), and extended family members explicitly griping about gas prices as they drove their trucks.