High gas prices boost buyer interest in electric vehicles amid Russian invasion of Ukraine

The phones were ringing Wednesday morning at Ontario Hyundai in California’s Inland Empire, and the callers had one thing in mind – an electric vehicle.

Before 10 a.m., the dealership received 20 inquiries about Hyundai’s new electric crossover, the Ioniq 5. The dealership gets a few dozen calls a day about EVs but never 20 in the first hour, general manager Sam Labib said.

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