Plug In America works to get consumers, dealers pumped up about EVs

Plug in America, a nonprofit, Los Angeles- based advocacy group, calls itself the consumer voice of the electric vehicle industry. Among its missions is to educate consumers about driving EVs, and, through its PlugStar program, to educate dealerships on selling the vehicles. Shift Deputy Editor Pete Bigelow spoke with Program Director Kathryn Urquhart and Executive Director Joel Levin this month on the Shift podcast. Here are edited excerpts.