McKinsey: Americans on track to buy 40 million EVs by 2030

"An increase of this scale has repercussions that go far beyond electric-vehicle (EV) sales," the consultancy said in a new report.

Americans will be buying 40 million new EVs a year by 2030, even as a chunk of holdouts say they need the same convenience in public charging as they get by going to a gas station, according to a new survey by consultancy McKinsey & Co.