EDITORIAL: EV confidence

Anti-EV voices are having their day. It's easier than ever to find people pointing out ongoing charging infrastructure problems or a notable decline in EV sales. The criticisms are valid and the challenges are real. Recent rosy predictions are easy to find and dismiss, such as GM's statement in late 2022 that it would be able to produce more than a million EVs a year in North America by 2025. In 2023, GM sold around 75,000 EVs in the U.S. You can see how those numbers make easy targets for naysayers.

I'm not saying there aren't problems looming in our EV future. There are. Sales will rise and fall during the shift to EVs. Some people will love their EVs, while others try the models available today and realize they'd rather have an ICE or PHEV. And don't get me started on charging infrastructure.