Has the Day Come for Electric Vehicles?

“Electric vehicles’ day will come,” argues Bloomberg, “and it might come suddenly.” California is pushing for electric vehicles, the article notes, and it projects that there will come an inflection point at which electric cars will suddenly become dominant.

Tiny electric cars gather around free recharging stations in Norway. Photo by Fiona Bradley.

As an example of such an inflection, it points to Norway, where electric cars grew from 1 percent of new car sales in 2011 to 47 percent by 2018. The article suggests such “explosive growth” of electric vehicles might happen in California. Continue reading