EDITORIAL: The EVs are coming. Now what?
- Magazine Article
- 21AUTP02_05
- English
By my count, more than 40 new electric vehicles are due to enter the North American market in 2021-2022. They're just the tip of a pipeline loaded with many more EVs to come. How will consumers respond?
The electrified onrush arrives in parallel with new U.S. president Joe Biden, whose agenda includes rejoining the Paris Climate Accord and proposed clean-energy and infrastructure initiatives worth $3.5 trillion. Included is his pledge to create 550,000 EV charging stations nationwide. Additionally, Biden's interconnected environmental and surface transportation plans (what we know of them so far) include zero-emissions public transit for every U.S. city of more than 100,000 residents and a tripling of funding for Amtrak's passenger-rail network. To be sure, the Democrat-led federal government will be “green” and regulatorily energized across the mobility fronts.