Lordstown Motors: The Ride May Be Over For This EV Startuptagphoto/iStock via Getty ImagesThesisMany articles one reads nowadays in the financial news media seem to be taking massive sales of electric vehicles (EVs) as a given. Such fawning EV coverage is not due to mere hype, either;EV sales have been increasing exponentially for over a decade, per the International Energy Agency, and show no signs of slowing down. In fact, EV demand in the United States (US) looks particularly robust, and appears to be spiking. Battery electric vehicle (BEV) registrations were 3.1% of the US car market in 2021, butdoubled tonearly 6% in 2022. What’s more,survey results by Deloitteshow that 8% of Americans want their next car to be a BEV, higher than the current percentage of US BEV owners. For now, then,