NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO • November 20, 2021
A few years ago, when the advocacy group Coltura called on America to stop using gasoline, it prompted mockery. A lot has changed in four years. Tesla is now the world's most valuable automaker. Multiple automakers say they will cease production of gas- and diesel-powered cars within the next two decades. And what was once a fringe idea is now part of a global trend: momentum is building for the idea that zero-emission vehicles, primarily electric ones, are the future of the auto industry.