What You Need To Know- Electric vehicle sales are on the rise- Decreasing battery costs are a factor- Rising gas prices are also a reson for the riseAccording to new numbers from Cox Automotive, electric vehicle sales were up 70 percent this year, with a record 200,000 electric vehicles sold in the third quarter alone.Scott Case is the CEO of Recurrent, a research company specializing in the battery efficiency in used electric vehicles.“I think that this Thanksgiving marks the first time where at every Thanksgiving table there was somebody that just got an EV,” Case said.“So that became a topic of conversation and it moves it more towards normal.”Case sites decreasing battery costs, increasing gas prices and more selection of electric vehicles for the boom.“I was spending almost 3 thousand dollars a year for gas.”Davis said he already made other lifestyle adjustments to deal with rising prices, including rooftop solar panels."