As consumers pump the brakes on EV purchases, hybrid production ramps up
Interest in hybrids is growing, with 31% of consumers considering a hybrid for their next purchase.
Ben Tracy is CBS News' senior national and environmental correspondent based in Los Angeles. He reports for all CBS News platforms, including the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell," "CBS Mornings" and "CBS Sunday Morning."
Since joining CBS News in 2008, Tracy has reported from 21 countries on five continents. In his current role, Tracy has covered the escalating emergency of climate change and its environmental impacts. He has reported extensively on the historic megadrought in the western U.S., the transition to electric vehicles and renewable energy, as well as issues of environmental justice. Previously, Tracy was a CBS News White House correspondent and covered the second half of the Trump administration. Before moving to Washington, Tracy was based in Beijing where he covered all of Asia for CBS News, including three trips to North Korea. In his first assignment for the network, he covered the western U.S. with a home base in Los Angeles.
He is the recipient of seven Emmy Awards, two Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Awards, and an Edward R. Murrow Award honoring excellence in broadcast news.
Interest in hybrids is growing, with 31% of consumers considering a hybrid for their next purchase.
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