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Electric Cars Are Winning Out Because of Consumers, Not Politicians

Auto executives’ comments belie policymaker efforts to be technology-neutral.

An electric vehicle parking space near Volkswagen’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

As electric-vehicle adoption rates steadily rise around the world, a growing chorus of car executives are criticizing governments on the grounds that they’ve picked the winning horse.