Through the first two months of 2024, the markets haven’t been very kind to electric vehicle (EV) stocks. For example, the VanEck Low Carbon Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:SMOG) has three EV makers in its top 10. Its shares are down nearly 11% year-to-date and 17% over the past year. These are hardly what you’d call EV startups.  While the risk-averse investor is unlikely to want to explore EV startups to invest in 2024, those with a bit of a risk tolerance — or invested in Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) in the early days — mig ...