This Climate One podcast is sponsored by General Motors.

How will we power our future? Can we create a healthy and clean economy?

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy, economy, and the environment.

Bringing together the brightest and most provocative leaders of our time, Climate One is the place where big ideas get heard.

With thoughtful and insightful discussions on policy, business, science, and culture,

Climate One founder Greg Dalton gets to the heart of the matter.

It's our future. It's time to come together.

New car sales are setting records, and today on Climate 1, we will discuss how electric vehicles

are faring in a market fueled by cheap gas. I'm Greg Dalton, and when EVs came into the mainstream

market five years ago, I recall EV enthusiasts predicting sales would quickly take off.

But just as the cars started getting traction,

the floor fell out of the oil market, sending gas prices to levels not seen since the Great

Recession. That's hurting EV sales. Last year, sales of cars with a plug that run partly or

entirely on electricity fell 5% from the year before, while total car sales hit an all-time high.

Over the next hour, we will look into the history and the future of electric cars in the United States and abroad.

Scientists say and money government experts say that to stabilize the climate that supports the economy,

Americans need to get off oil that is driving severe weather.

Moving to electric cars that run on sun or wind is one way to do that. And as anyone who has

driven an electric car can attest, it's an exciting driving experience. Evis are simply fun to

drive, regardless of their virtues that might impress your mother or your

neighbor.

We're pleased to welcome three EV experts to talk with our live audience here at the Commonwealth

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