Congress proposes shocking new fee on EVs

Ever since the EV revolution started to take hold in the early 2000s, consumers began to see new possibilities in the way they thought about transportation.

While both Nissan and Chevrolet made early pushes into the space with the Leaf and the Volt, the biggest chunk of EV adopters were likely driven by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. His Tesla Roadster, originally launched in 2008, drummed up major interest in the technology. 

At that time, Musk himself was also enjoying a blossoming reputation as a personality willing to bring big ideas to life, and surely his charisma played a key role in promoting a vision of a gasoline-free world.