It will be interesting to watch how and if the trend spreads.
As I’ve written before, it’s rare for me to leave my house and not see at least a few Teslas, a couple of Nissan Leafs and maybe a Chevy Volt or two. But then Durham, North Carolina, is clearly somewhat of a bubble. (A recent drive to Kinston, NC, confirmed this—with an almost complete dearth of electric vehicles on those more rural roads.)
But Durham is nothing compared to California, where a culture that values technological innovation, environmental sustainability and some would (perhaps unkindly) argue conspicuous consumption has led to a much higher than average adoption of electric vehicles.
