Driving The EV Future: How To Bridge The Misinformation Gap

by Rob Hoffman | TTAC Creator

Published: October 28th, 2025

driving the ev future how to bridge the misinformation gap

Electric vehicle expert and sales trainer, Jeremie Bernardin joins The Urban EV Podcast to share his first mover journey into the EV world, the importance of bridging the training gap for dealerships, and the emotional aspects of purchasing electric vehicles.

The conversation also covers the challenges faced by dealerships in adapting to the EV market, and the significance of the customer's journey that starts with the showroom salesperson – the front lines of prospective EV driver education.

We also cover the second life of EV batteries and the future of the dealership and service models.

The Urban EV Podcast is about electric vehicle ownership in a city -- and how that can be daunting when you don't have access to a plug. We explore urban charging infrastructure along with the day-to-day experience and economics of public charging your vehicle in a big city.

The TTAC Creators Series tells stories and amplifies creators from all corners of the car world, including culture, dealerships, collections, modified builds and more.

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Haze3 on Oct 29, 2025

Hybrids can meet most all use cases and represent the best path to utilizing the world's battery capacity for maximum energy efficiency across the fleet. The difference between today and 15yrs back is, well, 15yrs of proving that the complexity of having 2 motive drivers in the same car can be robust over time.

EV's have some good use cases but "2nd car commuter for single-fam homeowners" and "acceleration/$" are the only ones where they are the obvious winners.

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- Jeff on Oct 30, 2025
  
  I know people who have just an EV or two EVs but they are rare. There might come a time in the future where you can just have an EV but that is years away. I am with Dave M. on this maybe 10 or 15 years away but I might not be able to drive either or I might not care.
  
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- Col138372832 on Oct 30, 2025
  
  Certainly in environmental impact and lifecycle cost, battery EVs are far better than hybrids or non-hybrid gas. Hybrids are better for the environment than non-hybrid gas, but require more maintenance than non-hybrid and MUCH more than battery electric because of the dual drive train. Just as most people intuitively expect.
  
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