Quick Poll: An EV Under Your Tree?

Dec. 14, 2022

Have EVs become good enough to stand a chance at winning the hearts, minds, and wallets of Electronic Design's savvy community of tech professionals?

Lee Goldberg

Related To: Electronic Design

We're looking for feedback on EVs and PHEVs. Let us know what you think by checking out the slides, each of which has a question. Click on Finish to see the current poll results. You also can check out other Electronic Design Quick Polls.

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Although EVs are still in their infancy, 2022 has seen so many improvements in practicality, price, and sheer cool factor that 2023 (supply chain permitting) may be the year I trade in my trusty 2009 hybrid Prius for a plug-in or all-electric ride. But have EVs become good enough to stand a chance at winning the hearts, minds, and wallets of Electronic Design's savvy community of tech professionals?

To answer this question, I've created a short reader poll where you can register your level of interest (or disinterest) in EVs and PHEVs, and which one you'd most like to find under your Chanukwanzamas* tree this holiday season.

Whether you're an EV fan, an electric skeptic, or a committed carbon-centric driver, you can help us shed some light on the state of the market for electric transportation.

* Since I'm blessed to be part of a very diverse family, we celebrate Chanukwanzamas, a blend of Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanza

About the Author

Lee Goldberg | Contributing Editor

Lee Goldberg is a self-identified “Recovering Engineer,” Maker/Hacker, Green-Tech Maven, Aviator, Gadfly, and Geek Dad. He spent the first 18 years of his career helping design microprocessors, embedded systems, renewable energy applications, and the occasional interplanetary spacecraft. After trading his ‘scope and soldering iron for a keyboard and a second career as a tech journalist, he’s spent the next two decades at several print and online engineering publications.

Lee’s current focus is power electronics, especially the technologies involved with energy efficiency, energy management, and renewable energy. This dovetails with his coverage of sustainable technologies and various environmental and social issues within the engineering community that he began in 1996. Lee also covers 3D printers, open-source hardware, and other Maker/Hacker technologies.

Lee holds a BSEE in Electrical Engineering from Thomas Edison College, and participated in a colloquium on technology, society, and the environment at Goddard College’s Institute for Social Ecology. His book, “Green Electronics/Green Bottom Line - A Commonsense Guide To Environmentally Responsible Engineering and Management,” was published by Newnes Press.

Lee, his wife Catherine, and his daughter Anwyn currently reside in the outskirts of Princeton N.J., where they masquerade as a typical suburban family.

Lee also writes the regular PowerBites series.