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Kenneth Gillingham

  • Are Elon Musk’s Politics Driving Away Tesla’s Customers?

    A new Yale working paper sets out to quantify the effect of the controversies over Musk’s transformation of Twitter and his time leading DOGE, and finds that they may have cost Tesla one million sales.

    A Tesla with a bumper sticker reading “I bought this before we knew that Elon was crazy."
  • What Will It Take to Transition to Electric Cars?

    Kenneth Gillingham, professor of environmental and energy economics, says that easing range anxiety and helping drivers understand the advantages of electric can help accelerate the shift.

    Glowing charging stations at night