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When will we hit the tipping point for electric vehicles? This expert says it’s a ways off

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The number of electric vehicles in Arizona has tripled in the last year-and-a-half. But, the number of charging stations hasn’t kept up.

Despite the state and federal government putting hundreds of millions of dollars into efforts to catch up, Steven Polzin, a research professor at Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, says we haven’t reached the tipping point on EVs yet. Polzin was also one of the top researchers for the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Polzin joined The Show to discuss how even though the number of EVs on the road is going up, they’re still a small percentage of all of the cars on the road.

Read the full conversation >>


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