Sales of electric vehicles in the United States more than doubled in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period last year, when lockdowns had hit car sales everywhere in the world. Still, the jump in EV sales is good news for the current American administration, which wants 50 percent of all new vehicles sold in the United States in 2030 to be zero-emission vehicles. The rise in EV registrations is also good news for both Tesla and the legacy automakers vying for a share of the zero-emission vehicle pie. Despite the surge in U.S. sales of EVs, America lags behind Europe and China in EV market share. Charging infrastructure constraints and consumer anxiety about range, as well as prices of larger EVs, are still holding back the United States from fully developing its potential of a vast EV market. The First-half 2021 sales data is encouraging—the […]