“I’m a big believer in tipping points,” Macdonald-King said, and he predicted that automakers are nearing a point where EVs become a more economical option than gas-fueled models. “When the manufacturers hit the tipping point, it’s going to be difficult for them to go back.”
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The past week provided another example of that when attorneys general from 25 states filed suit to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recently announced standards on vehicle tailpipe emissions.
The auto industry largely supported the compromise agreement with the EPA that offers companies flexibility and more time to meet the stronger new limits on emissions. But in a release, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, the lead attorney on the suit challenging the EPA’s standards, said he was out to stop Biden’s “radical green agenda.”
While the businesses investing in a charging infrastructure are crucial, Minjares said, the biggest decision point for EVs will likely come on November 5.
“I think that the election will have tremendous consequences for the direction of EVs,” he said, especially the presidential race in which one candidate has put billions of dollars behind the move to EVs.
“And the other, I think, is very skeptical of EVs and is very pro-fossil fuels,” he said. “There’s a pretty clear choice there for anybody who would like to see the EV transition continue.”
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“I’m a big believer in tipping points,” Macdonald-King said, and he predicted that automakers are nearing a point where EVs become a more economical option than gas-fueled models. “When the manufacturers hit the tipping point, it’s going to be difficult for them to go back.”
The past week provided another example of that when attorneys general from 25 states filed suit to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recently announced standards on vehicle tailpipe emissions.
The auto industry largely supported the compromise agreement with the EPA that offers companies flexibility and more time to meet the stronger new limits on emissions. But in a release, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, the lead attorney on the suit challenging the EPA’s standards, said he was out to stop Biden’s “radical green agenda.”
While the businesses investing in a charging infrastructure are crucial, Minjares said, the biggest decision point for EVs will likely come on November 5.
“I think that the election will have tremendous consequences for the direction of EVs,” he said, especially the presidential race in which one candidate has put billions of dollars behind the move to EVs.
“And the other, I think, is very skeptical of EVs and is very pro-fossil fuels,” he said. “There’s a pretty clear choice there for anybody who would like to see the EV transition continue.”