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Electric Auto Association

The 18-year-old founder of the Arkansas EAA chapter was hooked on EVs at first sight. Spencer Rhoden’s interest in electric vehicles (EVs) began abruptly in his high school engineering class in Benton, Arkansas when he was in ninth grade. “We We’ve always had our fair share of weird looks in Arkansas,” Spencer said.

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Wolfspeed wins 2016 R&D 100 Award for wide bandgap underhood inverter for HEVs/EVs

Green Car Congress

This wide bandgap inverter product resulted in a smaller, lighter, higher power density and more efficient system in comparison to Toyota’s present Prius inverter design implementing silicon technology.

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Toyota was the most searched auto brand in 2023, but Tesla still dominates EV queries

Baua Electric

Still, the makers of the Prius, RAV4, and Tacoma dominated the searches on Google, according to MarketWatch Guides’ study. Speaking of electric, Tesla continues to dominate the EV market in the US, but has even gained ground on legacy automakers like GM, Ford, and of course Toyota.

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