Younger Texas voters want electric vehicles, poll finds

• Thanks to the federal infrastructure law signed last year, Texas is set to receive about $408 million over five years to expand the state's electric car charging network.

Driving the news: Frito-Lay announced this week that its first all-electric Ford truck has arrived in Carrollton, and the company will have a fleet of 40 this summer for Dallas-Fort Worth deliveries.

• The company predicts using the electric fleet will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 390 metric tons each year. The measure is part of its goal to reach net-zero emissions by 2040.

By the numbers: The Texas 2036 polled 601 registered voters in March and found a stark difference in interest in electric vehicles between age groups.

• 53% of 18-34-year-olds and 56% of 35-44-year-olds have bought or considered buying an EV.

• That number falls to 34% for those 45-54 and 20% for those over 55.

Yes, but: Manufacturing EVs generates more emissions than conventional cars and EVs must be driven more to balance that difference, wrote a Harvard Law School research fellow in a DMN opinion article titled "Your Tesla is killing the planet."

What's next: The City of Dallas is studying the feasibility of using electric vehicles and will present a draft report to the environmental commission in June.