The article mainly focuses on the effects of the Colonial Pipeline hacking on gas prices and EV adoption. Even though the author concludes this one event isn’t an indication that more Americans will switch to EVs, he points out that EVs are becoming more top-of-mind when situations like this occur. Additionally, Jonathan is the only representative from a charging network who is quoted, and he emphasizes this point as well.

Gas stations are slowly refilling their reservoirs this weekend, but will the Colonial Pipeline debacle — a computer hack that shut down the country’s largest gas conduit and triggered panic hoarding that exacerbated shortages — spur a wave of electric vehicle sales? The short answer, according to economists like Lewis: probably not. But there is a big “but” to consider.

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