The Race to Net Zero: will EVs get us there fast enough?

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🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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We need to electrify transportation if we’re going to avoid the worst climate impacts. Will we make it in time?

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0:00.0	Hey Felix, have you seen all the ads lately for electric vehicles?
0:06.5	I did see that wheel feral one from a Super Bowl a few years ago.
0:11.2	Did you know that Norway sells way more electric cars per capita than the US?
0:15.8	Norway.
0:16.8	Well, I won't stand for it.
0:22.7	I actually like that commercial, I remember it from the Super Bowl.
0:25.3	Yeah, these commercials are basically everywhere now, right?
0:27.9	Like a bunch of new models are on the market and there are tons of ads for them on TV,
0:36.3	on YouTube, but I can tell you from personal experience that a surge of EV commercials
0:46.1	is not the same thing as a surge of actual EVs.
0:50.5	Hey, don't.
0:51.5	Hi, good, how are you?
0:52.5	Hi, Frank.
0:53.5	I was interested in checking out some EVs if you have any.
0:56.4	Some TVs?
0:57.4	Oh, EVs?
0:58.4	Electric vehicles?
0:59.4	Yeah, yeah.
1:00.4	Just go in and you shall check here in the front desk.
1:02.3	So last year, I went to some dealerships to look at buying an EV.
1:05.6	I have just a few questions and if it's possible, I don't know if we could even test drive
1:10.0	an EV.
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