Why are there so few electric cars on the road in the US, no matter how expensive the gas, or how climate is on people's minds in a summer of relentless fires, flooding, code red air quality alerts and heat records? Why are some politicians talking about gas tax holidays instead of getting more EVs on the road? Good questions!
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One of the few EV advertisements:
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The US has now a share of 5.6% electric vehicles, not a large number but some decsribe it as a tipping point from where numbers will go up exponentially. It remains to be seen if the "Inflation Reduction Bill" will boost that growth. Compared to last year EV sales increased over 80% compared, impressive only if one forgets how low the base number was.
But the road towards exponential growth and success is not guaranteed. Too many obstacles remain, we will address a few of those here, some require creative urban planning and new design. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
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