ADVERTISEMENT

Here's One Big Reason Tesla Still Doesn't Dominate Our Roads

Electric cars have yet to go mainstream despite tremendous advances over the last decade.

Here's One Big Reason Tesla Still Doesn't Dominate Our Roads
A Tesla Model S electric automobile sits on display inside a Tesla Inc. store in Frankfurt, Germany. (Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) -- Despite tremendous advances over the last decade, electric cars have yet to go mainstream. Even once Tesla ramps up production of its Model 3 cars, one obstacle will remain: a lack of infrastructure lining America's roads. This week on Decrypted, Bloomberg Technology's Pia Gadkari dives deep into the companies, led by Tesla, that are trying to tackle this problem -- by pouring millions of dollars into building a network of charging stations. 

Want to hear more? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Pocket Casts for new episodes every week. Decrypted is a podcast that uncovers the hidden projects, quiet rivalries and uncomfortable truths in the global technology industry. 

To contact the authors of this story: Aki Ito in San Francisco at aito16@bloomberg.net, Pia Gadkari in New York at pgadkari@bloomberg.net, Magnus Henriksson in New York at mhenriksso10@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Liz Smith at lsmith289@bloomberg.net.