Even if new gasoline cars were banned this year, @_David_Keith, a professor at @MITSloan, told a state Senate committee in May that it would take until 2040 to convert 90 percent of all US cars to electricity.
https://t.co/KeYzAH0jHd
A new report from @Mobilyze_ai underscores the need to rapidly expand charging infra, finding that only 10% of residents in the US' 50 most populous cities live within 1/4 mile of a public charger, & chargers are in mostly white & affluent communities. https://t.co/Bv70N1q8Gz
Quick summary of my new @nberpubs WP with @JimArchsmith and Erich Muehlegger on future #ElectricVehicle demand in the US.
TL/DR: massive geographic differences, gov’t subsidies have a small effect relative to non-$ factors, forecasting is highly uncertain. 1/9
"An OEM rep told me, 'I'm nervous if we don’t fix the charging strategy, fast, we'll plateau at 7-10% #EV market share in a few years + bad experiences w/charging will lead mass market + govt to go running back to hybrids. Maybe Toyota is right.' "
—A friend in the charging world
Future electirc trucks need charging. But where to place the chargers? Exactly, just there where trucks already stop today.
In our new study, we analyse truck stop locations from 400,000 trucks all over Europe!
https://t.co/6MZ7t5g2tR