Review the following resources on creating an effective introduction: Excelsior OWL Introduction paragraphs (Links to an external site.) and UNC Chapel Hill – Introductions (Links to an external site.)
Introduction paragraph (approx. 150–200 words):
In the year 2016, Americans purchased approximately 17.5 million vehicles; less than 1% of these sales were electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Meanwhile, other nations, like China and Norway, have eclipsed the United States in electric vehicle market share (Sperling, 2018). These is no doubt from the international scientific community that carbon emissions from traditional internal combustion engine vehicles contribute significantly to climate change, and that electric vehicles represent a viable strategy to curb the automotive industry’s negative impact on the environment.
Why then do electric vehicle sales still lag in the United States and what can be done to increase sales?
