SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) Current electric car buyers and longtime owners may drive away feeling smug.
There are even memes saying as much.
As fuel price rise CarEdge found electric car online searches up 20 percent.
Car owners charging had time to talk about the surge in interest.
"We got the car a few years ago when gas priced were as much but is it very convenient not going to gas station and not worry about that," said Lisa Mufson behind the wheel of her electric BMW.
Electric Audi driver Yvonne Tulloch agrees.
"With the price of gas, now this is way more economical, " sad Tulloch.
She has enjoyed free charging for the first few years of owning her Audi.
"I wanted to contribute to environment," said Tulloch.
Even though incentives to buy electric have been phased out and fuel efficiency regulations have been rolled back, people are trading gas guzzlers for electric and hybrids.
Abraham Chapman drove with his mother to charge her electric VW.
He would like to own his own all electric vehicle some day.
Cities and private property owners are investing in charging stations to keep up.
One of Chapala and Carillo in Santa Barbara looks to be ready to open this Spring.
Electric vehicle sales slipped last year to 7.8 percent of all sales.
That could change is the war with Iran keeps pushing prices at the pump up.
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