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Electric Vehicles Help Combat Climate Change, Here’s Why.

Union of Concerned Scientists

There is tremendous uncertainty about what policies the federal government will change that will affect electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing and sales in the US. Replacing gasoline with electricity greatly reduces the carbon emissions from driving, even when emissions from mining, manufacturing, and generating electricity are included.

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Delivery Vans are Going Electric: Where and Why

Union of Concerned Scientists

This tells us which fleets are deploying electric vehicles, which types of these vehicles are being deployed, and where. In 2023, electric cargo vans represented over seven percent of new registrations nationally for this vehicle type. One indicator of this progress is the growing share of zero-emission truck and bus registrations.

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Federal Clean Electricity Regulations Come up Short

Enviromental Defense

The weakening of these regulations equate to an abandonment of the Prime Ministers promise to Canadians of a net-zero electricity grid by 2035. A clean electricity grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Canada is in an enviable position when it comes to our electricity supply.

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Ask a Scientist: How Close Are We to a Clean Energy Transition?

Union of Concerned Scientists

What’s the latest on the transition to clean electricity? On a grid powered primarily by clean energy, energy storage will play a critical role in keeping the lights on when people are using a lot of electricity and renewable energy generation is low. And almost 98% of electricity demand in one week was powered by solar.

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Electric School Buses: The Best Choice for Our Kids and Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

It turns out school buses are at the leading edge of the transition to electric heavy-duty vehicles. But just in case there was any doubt, UCS crunched the numbers to compare the different types of school buses from gasoline and diesel-powered option, to natural gas, electric and yes – even propane. Why not 100 percent?

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Electric bikes: a Less-Polluting Option for Commutes and Errands in the “New Normal”

Union of Concerned Scientists

But pre-COVID, most days I used an electric bike to handle the 11-mile round trip to and from the Oakland UCS office. Using an electric bike gave me the opportunity to get to the office as quickly as with a car, with virtually no pollution and the added bonus of some outside time. But why are electric bikes important?

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Our 2012 Report Predicted the Future of Electric Vehicles in 2025: How Off Were We?

Legal Planet

Back in 2012, CLEE and the Emmett Institute released a report called Electric Drive by 25, with the relatively bold subtitle How California Can Catalyze Mass Adoption of Electric Vehicles by 2025. First, and most obviously, electric vehicles have taken off better than a lot of people thought.

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