In California, 20 per cent of owners of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles abandon the technology and 18 per cent of battery electric vehicle owners do the same, according to a peer-reviewed study published in Nature Energy. (The Logic)

Talking point: Those who ditch EVs do so, in part, because of the inconvenience of charging and their not having a fast charging station at home, according to the study. Tackling the infrastructure gap is one way governments hope to encourage the transition to electric-vehicle ownership. In the U.S., President Joe Biden plans to build 500,000 charging stations across the country, which recently passed the 100,000 public charger mark. In B.C., which claims to have the highest electric vehicle uptake in North America and which aims to have all new vehicles sold in the province be electric by 2040, there’s a slew of rebates for both vehicle purchases and charging infrastructure.