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When will electric cars affect oil companies?
If more people start driving electric cars, will it start to have an impact on oil companies? If so, when will that start to happen?
Allison Stone · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
As gas prices climb, more and more consumers are looking to electric cars to help ease the burden of paying for fuel and commuting costs. While oil companies have been seeing
record profits
amid the surge in gas prices, the demand for electric cars has already affected oil companies by driving oil companies to:- Lobby against EV infrastructure development
- Adopt more sustainable practices
- Buy into EV startups of their own
Still, electric cars aren’t the only thing impacting oil companies right now. EVs are just one part of a global movement as many people are trying to move away from fossil fuels toward more renewable and sustainable energy.
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