Why does technology need to become so partisan? Lately in America, it seems like anything can turn into a political football overnight, but that really doesn't make sense for electric vehicles. They're just another way to get around. And while one side of the aisle may resent how their growth is driven by toughening emissions and fuel economy rules, EVs also represent some 200,000 new manufacturing jobs in this country, according to the Environmental Defense Fund.
And that's how a new ad from a group of bipartisan political operators aims to convince swing-state voters not to buy the anti-EV rhetoric that's out there.