Take in any popular entertainment and you’ll soon see that Hollywood has fallen in love with electric vehicles such as the Tesla Model 3 and the BMW i3. It’s a sign of things to come — the proverbial tip of the iceberg. Get ready because millions more affordably priced EVs just like them are about to show up in auto dealerships near you.

A recent study conducted by McKinsey & Company finds that all of the world’s major automakers are jumping into this game, hoping to grab a slice of the lucrative EV market. The study predicts 350 new, feature-laden EV models will debut by 2025. Although former Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order with an ambitious goal to put 5 million EVs on California roads in the next 11 years, the reality is that number promises to eventually be much larger.

With numerous EV models already available, and outstanding performance demonstrated by Tesla, Mercedes, Audi and others, it is clear the decision to buy an EV car is now driven by personal choice. For the hesitant, Hollywood’s dream factory is promising to transform a generation of today’s children and teenagers into EV owners of the future. Just as “Star Trek”’s Captain Kirk introduced us to the modern day wonders of a “communicator” that resulted in a surge of cell phones and smart phones decades later, today’s Hollywood love affair with electric vehicles promises similar results.

The problem is California isn’t ready for them. Although television shows and movies feature real EVs that can be purchased today, the charging stations that appear in these same programs are mostly movie props. Not too many chargers exist outside of people’s home garages, which gives EV owners “range anxiety.” Most of the EV models for sale today have a range less than 100 miles, which is fine for short hops to the market or commuting to work. Although the governor’s executive order also included a goal of 250,000 new charging stations to address this range problem, there needs to be some serious construction going on to meet the growing need for EV chargers.

Electric vehicles and chargers to keep them running present a chicken-and-egg type conundrum. New companies are springing up to help address this demand, but there must be sufficient revenue generated to keep them maintained and operating after they are built. In December a Southern California startup company called Noodoe had a ribbon cutting for its first charging station in California. Noodoe is attempting to succeed with superior technology and market strategy where others like ECOtality in Arizona and OpConnect in Hawaii once failed. It is a solution, now on display at the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton in Pomona, that is worth a look.

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Police reform is too important to be held up by politics Elsewhere, Electrify America is installing charging stations as part of the settlement imposed on Volkswagen in the wake of the DieselGate cheating scandal. The new generation of charging station offers a rich set of innovative user features that are optimized for hotels, shopping plazas, shopping malls and businesses. They should start cropping up soon just about everywhere.

Perhaps it is because of companies like Noodoe and Electrify America, that 2019 will be remembered as the year of the EV. As for the vehicles, Tesla has a huge jump, but every day we hear announcements about another EV. Most recently, Cadillac announced it would enter the market.

With so many major car manufacturers offering EVs, and hundreds more on the drawing boards, significant numbers of charging stations must also be built. What happened in Pomona can be an example for the entire state.

It was Walt Disney who once told us: “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”

Bob Huff is a former Diamond Bar councilman and member of the California Assembly and the state Senate.