Are EVs really that environmentally friendly?

By Mike Switzer

Published February 21, 2024 at 6:30 AM EST

Mike Switzer, host of the SC Business Review

With the electric vehicle industry set to become a big player in our state’s economy over the next few years, we thought it might be a good idea to check in with someone who has been involved in the EV world for many years. Mike Switzer interviews Alan Buck, organizer of a local Tesla Owners Club and the Drive Electric Columbia annual event. Scientific article referenced. Disclaimer: Both Mike Switzer and Alan Buck own and drive electric vehicles.

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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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