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If you build it, will they notice?

by Kelly Hoogland, Kenneth Kurani, Scott Hardman
August 14, 2024

Widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) is a key strategy to help reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses and pollutants. To help implement this strategy, US federal and state agencies, utilities, and private companies are investing billions of dollars in public PEV charging infrastructure.

IT’S A GAS Less than a third of Americans ‘likely’ to get an electric vehicle in the future as industry hit with charging setbacks

by The U.S. Sun
June 14, 2024

DRIVERS answered a recent survey asking if they'd transition from a gas-powered car to an EV - only a third responded positively.

Additionally, men answered they're more likely to buy an EV over women drivers.

The U.S. Sun acquired a survey asking drivers if they'd consider an EV as their next vehicle Read more here...

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