Is It Possible to Phase Out Petroleum and Transform our Transportation System?
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
Replacing petroleum with renewable electricity as the primary source of transportation energy will leave us all much better off. To achieve net-zero emissions in 2050 we must have 100% of new sales of light-duty passenger vehicles be electric by 2035, and of medium- and heavy-duty trucks at the latest by 2040.
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