Profit from a cleaner, greener future with electric cars

Electric cars have been a long time in the making – but now they could be set to take off as they are poised to go mass market. Eoin Gleeson looks at how you can profit.

The electric car has been a long time in the making but now it could be set to take off as it goes mass market. Eoin Gleeson looks at how you can profit.

When electric vehicles first hit the roads in the late 19th century, they caused mayhem. Drivers had to navigate between cyclists and panicky pedestrians. Horses regarded them with intense suspicion rearing and bolting whenever these silent vehicles drove up alongside them. And it wasn't long before battery-powered vehicles were competing for space with other 'horseless carriages' cars with petrol engines and vehicles run on steam. Something had to give.

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Eoin came to MoneyWeek in 2006 having graduated with a MLitt in economics from Trinity College, Dublin. He taught economic history for two years at Trinity, while researching a thesis on how herd behaviour destroys financial markets.