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Aug 2022
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Has the US Reached the Tipping Point Tow...

WHARTON BUSINESS DAILY
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The United States recently passed a key threshold in the electric vehicle market, with the share of vehicles sold surpassing 5%. Is this the tipping point toward larger adoption of electric vehicles over the next several years? John Paul MacDuffie, Professor of Management at the Wharton School, joins Wharton Business Daily to discuss.

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