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Another theory would be that people who buy electric cars have higher incomes and are more likely to live close to their workplace.

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That seems to be the same theory as the above comment though, as the inverse means that those who live further and have lower income may not be as likely to buy electric

No because farmers are rural, and live in their business.

If you live in a rural area you need to drive more because less places are in walking distance, not that that means you can't use an ev, but you know 'people'.

Most rural residents are not farmers, and especially aren’t land owning farmers. Even on farms most of the employees don’t live on the farm but are hired help.

I provided an example to show they aren't 2 sides of the same coin.

You'd be absolutely astounded by the number of $70k pickups out here. Just about everyone has one, probably because beautiful houses cost only 2x what a nice new car costs.

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