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Infrastructure is what I hear the most. Apartments don't have a way to charge vehicles, and gas stations don't have the chargers everywhere. So people don't know where to find them unless they actually have an EV. That said, it costs a lot less to charge an EV at home. If you have to get your charge elsewhere costs go up. Still better than gas most places but locating them and possible wait time scares new users.
More apartments are getting on board. A friend of mine lives in an apartment building from the 1980s and the management just installed outlets for folks with plugin hybrids and is planning on adding NACS.
They're redoing the parking where I work and will be adding EV chargers for employee and visitor use.
It may not be a concerted effort but the infrastructure is growing.
There are plenty of people who are building their own EVs or converting their ICE vehicles.