Electric vehicles (EV) appear to be a vital part of the present (and future) state of the US auto market. In the past, there has been EV hope and hype; now the rapid adoption of electric vehicles is finally here. As an example, Tesla was only one month away from bankruptcy in the recent past and now is thriving. In 2011, there were only 16,000 battery and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on the road. In mid-2021, that number had grown to over 2 million vehicles. In fact, auto executives expe
