Americans love their cars – their gas-guzzling, air-polluting, smog-producing cars. Although the vast majority agree that if we all drove electric vehicles we could reduce oil consumption and pollution, only a third would consider buying one anytime soon. Far fewer are actually making the switch.
The adoption of all-electric and plug-in hybrids has been steadily creeping up over the last decade, yet electric cars make up only about 2 percent of new car sales in the US.
Compare that to the situation in Norway, the world’s unofficial leader in EV driving, where more than 40 percent of new cars sold are now electric and thousands of drivers are on waiting lists for the latest models. It’s a trend 30 years in the making.
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