What’s Driving the Fall in US EV Adoption?

In 2017, the CEO of General Motors, Mary Barra, committed the automaker to zero emissions by 2030. “No more gas. No more diesel. No more carbon emissions,” she wrote at the time. Following the lead of Barra of GM, Ford announced in 2018 that it planned to nearly triple its investments in electric and hybrid vehicles by 2022, with plans for 40 new such models… But a series of challenges — cost concerns, sluggish adoption and the reversal in support in Washington — has left the U.S. auto industry with gre ...