We need to be competing in a global marketplace and this country because of the current president, because of some candidates want the last 18 months got very negative about electric vehicles. Having said that, The price of gasoline going up in the last few months has also made people wish that they could get an electric vehicle. But electric vehicles are expensive and this administration eliminated the tax credit which was helping that transition phase as companies scaled up to do more mass production. Other countries want electric vehicles. (08:27–08:37)
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Asserts that rising gasoline prices have increased interest in electric vehicles.
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