Elec­tric vehi­cles sales are plug­ging along, but some eco advo­cates and car deal­ers want to move them along faster – and under­stand­ably so.

Here is some sim­ple advice from some experts.

Edu­ca­tion and aware­ness are the two key fac­tors, said Brian Wynne, pres­i­dent of the Elec­tric Drive Trade Asso­ci­a­tion, on a con­fer­ence call today.

And it turns out the best way to make peo­ple aware that elec­tric cars are now a viable option is to let them get in the cars and drive them.

That’s what the indus­try some­times calls “get­ting butts into seats.”