Why Consumers Reject Cheaper, Cleaner Cars — Dr. Werner Antweiler on the Economics of Electric-Vehicle Adoption

In this conversation, I speak with Dr. Werner Antweiler, an economist and Associate Professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, where he holds the Chair in International Trade Policy and chairs the Strategy and Business Economics Division. CiTR 101.9 FM / The Blue Hour Recorded live on August 4, 2026 You can listen to the episode on CiTR. It is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. The Blue Hour, hosted by Farha Guerrero, airs live every Tuesday at 2 p.m. on CiTR 101.9 FM at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and at citr.ca. Werner Antweiler is an economist and Associate Professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, where he holds the Chair in International Trade Policy and chairs the Strategy and Business Economics Division. He is also an associate editor of the journal Resource and Energy Economics and a faculty member of UBC’s Clean Energy Research Centre. Educated at the University of Cologne and the University of Toronto, his research…