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The EV industry in SC is not slowing down

By Mike Switzer

Published October 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM EDT

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It’s no secret that the new administration in Washington is not favorably inclined to sustainability initiatives, incentives, funding, or even commentary. But that doesn’t mean those affected industries are going to dry up and go away. On the contrary, our next guest says business will continue. Mike Switzer interviews Alan Buck, organizer of the annual Drive Electric event coming to Columbia’s Soda City Market on Oct. 11th.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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