| So far this year, electric vehicles represent almost 7 percent of all U.S. car sales, more than double the rate two years ago, as motorists in California and along the East Coast rush to pick up one of the multitude of new electric offerings from automakers such as Ford and Tesla. But in Texas and other states in the middle of the country, the market isn't quite so charged. In 2022, just 4.3 percent of cars sold in Texas have been electric models, compared with 19 percent in California, according to data firm Atlas Public Policy. "Mostly, there's two different trains of thought here. There's the client who finds an EV a novelty and wants to be a part of it, but if they want to drive to Dallas or Amarillo, they're not going to take their EV. They tell me that," said Chris Poulos, who owns three car dealerships in Houston and Sugar Land and sells electric Hummers. "The other says, 'No way, no how I'm never going to buy an EV.'" Read the full story here. | 
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