The following is a summary of a previously recorded interview. To hear the complete segment, click the audio above.
The auto industry seems to be coming back to life, but there does not seem to be much buzz surrounding alternative energy vehicles, and that's being reflected in sales.
January figures were anemic at best for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
The Obama Administration predicted a million electric cars would be on our highways by 2015.
Today there are barely 30,000.
Just why aren't these vehicles catching on with the public?
And is there anything the automakers can do to make those EVs and plug-ins more appealing?
Cindy talked with Sean McAlinden, Executive VP of Research and Chief Economist at the Center for Auto Research, and David Shepardson, the Washington Bureau Chief for the Detroit News.
