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Electric vehicles
We’re on the road to an electric future — and you can help drive us there.
It’s a hard truth: We simply can’t solve global warming without changing how we all get around. Transportation is now America’s No. 1 source of global warming pollution, and cars account for 60% of our transportation pollution.
The good news is that we have never been closer to an electric vehicle future than we are right now — a future where our kids ride electric buses to school, our mail and packages arrive in electric trucks, and every new car that is sold gets plugged in at night. Together, we can protect our climate by accelerating the transition to an electric vehicle future.
The Latest on Electric vehicles
Statement: U.S. Postal Service more than doubles its electric vehicle commitment
Statement: Shareholders push UPS* to reduce carbon pollution
Updates
New study projects health benefits of rapid renewables & EV adoption
Climate progress under attack in Virginia
New interactive dashboard documents renewable energy growth
Featured Resources
Frequently asked questions about buying an electric car
Renewables On The Rise Dashboard
State progress cutting transportation-related carbon emissions
Frequently Asked Questions: Electric Vehicles (EVs)
Did you know?
In the past 10 years, electric vehicle sales have grown 10-fold in the U.S.
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New dashboard finds US wind, solar tripled over past decade
In 2021, America produced three times as much renewable electricity from the sun and the wind as in 2012.
EPA opens applications, announces guidelines for $5 billion Clean School Bus Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is unveiling its historic, $5 billion Clean School Bus Program on Friday.
Statement: States sue to stop misguided USPS plan to spend billions on gas powered vehicles
Attorneys general from 16 states,the District of Columbia and environmental groups sued the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks that only get 8.6 ils per gallon, only a small improvement over teh 30-year-old vehicles currently in use.
Statement: Biden administration announces $6.4 billion program to reduce transportation’s climate impacts
The United States Department of Transportation announced on Thursday a new program to spend $6.4 billion over the next five years to reduce climate emissions from the nation’s transportation sector.
Statement: Clean schools program means cleaner, healthier future
Vice President Kamala Harris will announce on Monday a clean schools infrastructure program, which features grant funding for public school energy upgrades, money for electric school buses, and investments in rural schools.