Here is a nice milestone in the US. There are more plug-in cars, meaning electric vehicle, EV and plug-in hybrids, PHEV then there are gasoline stations.
According to a recent U.S. Census data, there were 118,756 gas stations in the US in 2007. To be fair, gasoline stations have been closing down these past few years and the 2012 data isn’t yet available yet, but this is nonetheless a nice milestone for the industry and the writing on the wall is clear; the electric motor is the future of the automobile.
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Nicolas Zart
Co-Founder at Tap The Source / Car News Cafe
Born and raised around classic cars, it wasn't until Nicolas drove an AC Proulsion eBox and a Tesla Roadster that the light went on. Eager to spread the news about those amazing full torque electric vehicles, he started writing about this amazing technology and its social impacts in 2007.
Today, Nicolas covers renewable energy, test drives cars, does podcasts and films.
Nicolas offers an in-depth look at the e-mobility world through interviews and the many contacts he made in those industries.
His articles are also published on Teslrati, CleanTechnica, the Beverly Hills Car Club and Medium.
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