Enlarge / The biggest impediment to EV adoption appears to be cost of ownership, according to EY’s 2021 Mobility Consumer Index. (credit: Carlos Sanchez Pereyra/Getty Images) Electric vehicles are increasingly breaking into the mainstream. According to a new survey conducted by EY, 41 percent of consumers planning to buy a car say their next vehicle […]
Enlarge / Poor charging infrastructure is a big reason that some Californians decided not to get another electric vehicle. (credit: Cavan Images/Getty Images) By now, we know a lot of ways to get people to buy electric vehicles. In Europe and China, it’s simple: mandate them. Policymakers aren’t nearly that brave here in the US, […]
Enlarge / Berlin, Germany – October 21, 2020: Electric vehicles on a public parking space on a street. (credit: Getty Images) 2020 actually wasn’t a bad year in terms of global electric vehicle adoption. More than 3.2 million plug-in hybrid and battery EVs found new homes—a 43 percent increase year on year, despite the worst […]