Season One
Electric Cars - Pros and Cons, Part 2
Subsidies for electric cars have helped make them popular, but have gone mostly to the wealthy. These and mandates may have unintended consequences. We need more affordable EVs, even if they have lower range, say Dr. Beia Spiller, Director of the Transportation Program at Resources for the Future, and Dr. David Rapson, Economic Policy Advisor for the Fed and Professor of Economics, UC Davis.
Episode Guests
Dr. David Rapson
Economic Policy Advisor for the Federal Reserve Bank and Professor of Economics, University of California
Dr. Beia Spiller
Director of the Transportation Program, Resources for the Future