A new study details dramatic economic benefits and large cuts in carbon emissions for California from the impact of electric vehicles over the next 10 years. Other states can profit from the lessons learned.
A new think-tank study says government efforts to promote greater adoption of electric vehicles in California, especially among the poor, would boost the state's economy as consumers find other uses for the money they would otherwise spend on fuel.
California has established itself as a global model on climate issues, with Teslas filling its roads and solar farms stretching across its sun-baked Central Valley.
Californians and Sacramentans are choosing transportation methods — in the forms of trucks and SUVs — that produce more greenhouse gasses rather than less, and that could push the state’s attainment of greenhouse gas emission-cutting goals out by more than 100 years.
