Demand for electric vehicles rocketing as gas prices climb

Electric car sales in the U.S. more than doubled in 2021, surpassing half a million, according to the International Energy Agency. Gas prices aren’t single-handedly responsible for the growing interest in electric vehicles, but they are a contributing factor. With technological and design improvements, that demand is likely to keep growing, said Erin Baker, a professor of engineering and the director of the Energy Transition Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.