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by 리치캣 2022. 4. 7.
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전기자동차의 시대가 빠르게 다가오고 있다.

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동시에 식량생산을 위한 에너지소비도 친환경이 되면서 석유,석탄에너지에 대한 의존도를 낮추기를 희망한다. 

리치캣의 전기차와 전동스쿠터

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전기 자동차는 미래의 물결이 아니라 오늘날의 생명을 구하고 있습니다.

1. 이제 전기 자동차에는 자동차, 대중 교통 버스, 모든 크기의 트럭, 그리고 적어도 부분적으로 전기로 구동되는 대형 트랙터 트레일러가 포함됩니다.
전기 자동차는 세 가지 주요 범주로 나뉩니다.

===배터리 전기 자동차는 배터리 팩에 저장된 전기로 구동됩니다.

===플러그인 하이브리드는 가솔린 또는 디젤 엔진과 전기 모터 및 대형 충전식 배터리를 결합합니다.

===연료 전지 차량은 수소 분자에서 전자를 분리하여 모터를 구동하는 전기를 생성합니다.

이제는 단순한 승용차 그 이상입니다. 뉴욕에서 미시시피까지 조용하고 지퍼가 달린 전기 대중교통 버스를 타고 있는 자신을 발견할 수 있습니다. 미국 최초의 전기 소방차가 2021년에 Angelenos에 의해 환영받을 것입니다. 그리고 앞으로 몇 년 동안 전기 위생 트럭이 쓰레기와 재활용품을 수거하기 위해 동네를 조용히 활공할 것이며 더 많은 전기 트럭이 창고에서 집으로 패키지를 배달할 것입니다. , 대기 오염이 없습니다.

 

 

 

2. 전기 자동차는 기후와 우리의 생명을 구하고 있습니다. 방법은 다음과 같습니다.
미국에서 가장 큰 기후 오염원은? 운송. 기후 위기를 해결하려면 도로 위의 차량을 최대한 깨끗하게 만들어야 합니다. 기후 변화의 최악의 영향을 피하기 위해 에너지를 사용하는 방식을 바꾸는 데 10년 밖에 남지 않았습니다.

자동차와 트럭의 배기가스 배출은 지구에 해로울 뿐만 아니라 건강에도 해롭습니다. 가솔린 및 디젤 차량의 대기 오염 물질은 천식, 기관지염, 암 및 조기 사망을 유발합니다.

국부적 대기 오염의 장기적인 건강 영향은 천식 발작, 폐 손상 및 심장 상태에서 나타나는 영향과 함께 평생 지속됩니다.

호흡기 질환인 COVID-19 대유행이 계속 확산됨에 따라 하버드 대학의 연구에서는 "미국에서 유해한 미세 입자 물질에 ​​대한 장기간 노출과 COVID-19 사망률 사이에 현저한 연관성"이 있음을 발견했다고 Rashmi Joglekar는 설명합니다. Earthjustice's Toxic Exposure & Health Program의 직원 과학자. 미세먼지 오염(PM2.5)의 주요 원인 중 하나는 가솔린 및 디젤 자동차 엔진의 연소입니다.

Duke University의 초기 연구에서는 건강 비용을 강조했습니다. 주유소에서 구입한 휘발유 1갤런당 건강 및 환경 비용이 최대 3.80달러에 달합니다. 대형 굴착 장치와 농기구의 디젤은 갤런당 우리의 건강과 기후에 사회적 비용이 추가로 4.80달러나 더 많이 듭니다.

 

 

 

3. 전기 자동차는 어디에서 전기를 공급받든 가솔린 자동차보다 탄소 발자국이 적습니다.
배터리 전기 및 플러그인 하이브리드 차량을 충전하고 연료를 공급하는 전기는 화석 연료에서 청정 재생 에너지에 이르기까지 다양한 소스에 의존하는 전력망에서 나옵니다.

에너지 그리드는 주마다 다를 수 있습니다. 즉, 전기 자동차 운전의 탄소 발자국은 전기 공급원에 따라 다릅니다.

지구 정의 변호사들은 100% 청정 에너지를 가져오기 위해 전국에서 일하고 있지만, 그곳으로 가는 길(최근 재생 에너지 소비량이 석탄을 능가함)으로 인해 이 나라의 전기 중 일부는 계속해서 화석 연료를 태워서 생성될 것입니다.

아주 좋은 소식? 전기 자동차는 에너지를 자동차와 트럭에 전력으로 변환하는 데 더 효율적이기 때문에 가장 더러운 그리드에서 전기가 공급되는 경우에도 전반적으로 전기는 차량 연료로 더 깨끗하고 저렴합니다.

우려 과학자 연합(Union of Concerned Scientists)의 전문가 연구에서 밝혀진 바와 같이, 어떤 주에서든 전기 또는 하이브리드 자동차를 전력망에서 운행하는 것은 가솔린 자동차보다 온실 가스 배출량이 더 적습니다. 그리고 주정부가 에너지 그리드를 정리함에 따라 전기 자동차의 이점은 더욱 강력해집니다.

"당신의 전기 자동차는 얼마나 깨끗합니까?"를 시험해보십시오. 거주 지역에서 전기 자동차 배출량을 측정하는 방법을 확인할 수 있는 온라인 도구 — 우편 번호 및 전기 자동차 제조업체/모델을 기반으로 전기 자동차로 전환하여 얼마나 많은 탄소 오염을 절약할 수 있는지에 대한 맞춤형 보고서를 받으십시오.

 

 

 

4. 전기 자동차는 평생 동안 기후에 더 좋습니다.
전기 자동차의 대형 리튬 이온 배터리는 제작에 많은 재료와 에너지가 필요하기 때문에 제조 과정에서 전기 자동차는 일반 가솔린 자동차보다 더 많은 지구 온난화 배출량을 발생시킵니다. (예를 들어, 84마일 범위의 중형 전기 자동차를 제조하면 배출량이 15% 더 증가합니다.)

그러나 차량이 도로에 등장하면 완전히 다른 에너지 이야기가 됩니다.

전기 자동차는 최대 18개월의 운전 기간 내에 더 높은 제조 배기 가스를 보충하고 수명이 다할 때까지 가솔린 자동차보다 성능이 계속 우수합니다.

분석에 따르면 오늘날 도로 위의 평균 전기 자동차는 평균 갤런당 88마일을 주행하는 자동차와 동일한 온실 가스 배출을 가집니다. 이는 평균 새 가솔린 자동차(31mpg) 또는 트럭(21mpg)보다 훨씬 더 많습니다. 우려 과학자 연합에 의해.

 

 

 

5. 전기 자동차는 집에서, 직장에서, 매장에 있는 동안 충전할 수 있습니다.
전기 자동차의 한 가지 장점은 집이든 버스 터미널이든 집에 있는 곳이면 어디에서나 충전할 수 있다는 것입니다. 따라서 전기 자동차는 정기적으로 중앙 차고나 마당으로 돌아오는 트럭 및 버스 차량에 적합한 솔루션입니다.

더 많은 전기 자동차가 시장에 출시되고 더 광범위하게 사용됨에 따라 쇼핑 센터, 주차장 및 직장에 더 많은 공공 충전 장소를 추가하는 것을 포함하여 집에서 동일한 액세스 권한이 없는 사람과 기업을 위해 새로운 충전 솔루션이 필요하게 될 것입니다.

연구 과학자인 Ari Weinstein은 지구 정의의 변호사이자 청정 에너지 전문가인 Sara Gersen과 함께 "직장에서 안정적인 충전이 가능하므로 주저 없이 플러그인 하이브리드 자동차를 구입할 수 있습니다."라고 말했습니다. Weinstein은 집에서 충전할 수 있는 옵션이 제한된 세입자입니다.

"전기 자동차를 운전할 수 있는 기회는 차고가 있는 집을 소유한 사람들에게만 국한되어서는 안 됩니다."라고 Gersen은 설명합니다.

“직장 충전은 전기 자동차에 대한 액세스를 민주화하는 핵심 요소 중 하나이며 이 문제를 해결하려면 적극적으로 움직여야 합니다. 전력 회사가 해야 할 큰 역할이 있습니다.”

 

 

 

6. 전기 자동차 충전을 위한 기반 시설을 구축하기 위해 주와 공공 시설이 지금 계획하는 것은 먼 길을 갈 것입니다.
이러한 차량을 충전하는 방법을 파악하는 것은 해결해야 할 점점 더 중요한 문제가 될 것입니다.

캘리포니아의 유틸리티는 주 전역의 전기 자동차, 트럭 및 버스에 필요한 충전 인프라를 구축하기 위해 10억 달러 이상을 투자하고 있습니다. 이러한 종류의 인프라 투자는 대중 교통 기관, 기업 및 전기 자동차를 구매하고 싶지만 집에 충전기를 설치할 수 없는 사람들에게 점점 더 중요해질 것입니다.

캘리포니아의 전기화 인프라를 옹호한 Earthjustice's Right to Zero 캠페인의 선임 변호사인 Adrian Martinez는 "연방 정부는 국가의 전기 자동차 충전을 위한 국가적 솔루션을 개발하지 않고 있습니다. 각 주에서 그리드를 자세히 살펴보고 잔디에 대한 전기 자동차 충전 계획을 파악해야 합니다.”

 

 

 

7. 우리의 마을과 도시를 맴도는 믿을 수 있는 고정 장치인 대중 교통 버스는 전기 자동차 혁명의 열쇠일 수 있습니다.
버스는 우리 대중 교통 시스템의 핵심이며 누구에게나 저렴한 교통 수단을 제공합니다. 그들은 많은 도시에서 일상 생활의 초석이며, 대형 전기 자동차를 더 넓은 운송 시장으로 끌어들이는 중요한 단계입니다.

노동, 환경 및 대중 교통 활동가의 연합과 함께 우리는 로스앤젤레스 메트로가 무공해 전기 버스 전체에 투자하도록 성공적으로 추진한 후 캘리포니아 주에서 향후 10년 동안 100% 전기 대중 교통 버스 함대를 약속합니다.

2040년까지 캘리포니아에서 당신이 타거나 손을 흔드는 모든 버스는 조용하고 깨끗한 전기 버스가 될 것입니다.

 

 

 

8. 창고에서 집으로 상품을 배달하는 전기 트럭은 크고 깨끗한 차이를 만들 수 있습니다. 우리는 그것들이 더 필요합니다.
디젤 및 가스 트럭은 도로와 고속도로에서 차량의 작은 부분을 차지하지만 엄청난 양의 기후와 대기 오염을 발생시킵니다. 가장 영향을 받는 지역 사회에서 이 트럭은 더 심각한 호흡기 및 심장 문제를 가진 디젤 "죽음의 지대"를 만듭니다.

캘리포니아에서는 가스 및 디젤 트럭이 주에서 자동차보다 훨씬 더 많은 수의 운송 관련 대기 오염을 유발하지만 주에서 운송 관련 대기 오염의 거의 절반을 담당합니다.

오늘날 시장에는 70가지 유형의 무공해 트럭이 있으며 특히 캘리포니아는 주에서 Proterra 및 Build Your Dreams와 같은 회사와 함께 버스와 같은 대형 전기 자동차를 설계 및 제조하는 중요한 기반이 되었습니다.

이제 주요 제조업체가 더 큰 규모로 전기 트럭을 생산하기 시작할 때입니다. 캘리포니아 전역의 지역 사회는 2024년부터 트럭 제조업체가 특정 비율의 무공해 트럭을 판매하도록 요구하는 강력한 전기 트럭 규칙(미국 최초의 보호)을 위해 성공적으로 싸웠습니다.

캘리포니아의 시장 지배력 때문에 이 규칙은 다른 주에서 전기 트럭으로의 전환을 촉진하는 데 도움이 될 것입니다.

 

 

===전기 트럭: 우리는 캘리포니아에서 전기 트럭의 수를 늘리기 위해 노력해 왔으며 20,000명의 주민과 함께 캘리포니아 대기 자원 위원회에 미국 최초의 전기 트럭 제조 표준을 제정할 것을 요청했습니다.

===충전 인프라: 그리고 Earthjustice는 더 많은 충전 인프라를 구축하기 위해 캘리포니아 및 기타 주의 공공 유틸리티 위원회와 협력하고 있습니다. 이것은 작업장 충전 또는 중앙 집중식 전기 자동차 급속 충전을 통해 차고나 진입로가 없는 사람들을 위해 완전 전기 자동차를 소유하는 가장 큰 장벽 중 하나를 완화할 것입니다.

===무공해 차량: 우리는 ZEV 명령을 변호하고 있습니다. ZEV 명령은 본질적으로 캘리포니아 주에서 차량 구매의 일정 비율이 배기가스 제로가 되어야 한다는 캘리포니아 주 명령입니다. 10개 주가 청정 대기법에서 캘리포니아의 특별 법적 권한을 통해 ZEV 명령을 채택했습니다.

 

“안전한 호흡을 위해서는 가능한 한 빨리 전기 자동차를 구현해야 합니다.”라고 Earthjustice의 변호사인 Adrian Martinez가 말했습니다.

“다행히도 행정부가 바뀌면서 연방 차원에서 지역 사회에 전기 교통 수단을 도입할 기회가 많이 있습니다. 그러나 우리는 깨끗한 운송에 대한 많은 결정이 지역적이라는 것을 인식해야 합니다. 이 나라에서 교통 관련 결정의 대부분을 내리는 것은 시의회, 시장, 주 의회입니다.”

그리고 당신입니다.

 

 

 

10. 미래를 전기차로 만드는 데 도움을 줄 수 있습니다(자동차가 없더라도).
자동차에서 버스, 트럭에 이르기까지 전기 자동차는 우리가 물건을 옮기는 방식과 우리 자신을 변화시키고 공기와 기후를 정화하며 여러분의 목소리가 전파를 발전시키는 데 도움이 될 수 있습니다.

===도시에 전기 버스, 트럭 및 충전 인프라에 투자하도록 촉구하십시오. 지역 선출직 공무원과 이야기하고 편집자에게 편지를 쓰십시오(팁 참조).


===당신(또는 당신의 친구)이 자동차 시장에 있다면 전기 자동차를 구입하십시오. 지역 유틸리티에서 가정에 전기 자동차 충전소를 설치하는 데 대해 리베이트 또는 기타 인센티브를 제공하는지 확인하십시오.


===친구를 계몽하십시오. 배운 놀라운 전기 사실을 공유하십시오. 친구들에게 전기를 사용함으로써 얼마나 많은 탄소 오염을 줄일 수 있는지 알아보도록 격려하십시오.


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Electric vehicles are not just the wave of the future, they are saving lives today.

Ten things to know about electric vehicles — and how you can make the future electric.

COURTESY OF CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION; CHUYIN / GETTY IMAGES; ADRIAN MARTINEZ / EARTHJUSTICE
Electric vehicles are an increasingly common sight on our nation’s roadways — and not just personal passenger cars. Electric school buses (left), transit buses (right), and trucks are ready to hit the road.

1. Electric vehicles now include cars, transit buses, trucks of all sizes, and even big-rig tractor trailers that are at least partially powered by electricity.

Electric vehicles fall into three main categories:

  • Battery electric vehicles are powered by electricity stored in a battery pack.
  • Plug-in hybrids combine a gasoline or diesel engine with an electric motor and large rechargeable battery.
  • Fuel cell vehicles split electrons from hydrogen molecules to produce electricity to run the motor.

It’s more than just passenger cars now — from New York to Mississippi, you may find yourself on a quiet, zipping electric transit bus. The first electric fire truck in the nation will be welcomed by Angelenos in 2021 — and in the coming years, electric sanitation trucks will be quietly gliding through neighborhoods to pick up garbage and recycling, and more electric trucks will be delivering packages from warehouses to homes, air pollution-free.

CITYOFSTPETE / CC BY-ND 2.0; DENNIS SCHROEDER / NREL
Charging up an electric car in St. Petersburg, Florida (left). An electric heavy duty truck used to move freight at the Port of Long Beach. California passed the nation's first electric truck standard in June 2020.

2. Electric vehicles are saving the climate — and our lives. Here’s how.

The largest source of climate pollution in the United States? Transportation. To solve the climate crisis, we need to make the vehicles on our roads as clean as possible. We have only a decade left to change the way we use energy to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Emissions from cars and trucks are not only bad for our planet, they’re bad for our health. Air pollutants from gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles cause asthma, bronchitis, cancer, and premature death.

The long-term health impacts of localized air pollution last a lifetime, with the effects borne out in asthma attacks, lung damage, and heart conditions.

As the COVID-19 pandemic — a respiratory disease — continues to spread, a study by Harvard University found “a striking association between long-term exposure to harmful fine particulate matter and COVID-19 mortality in the United States,” explains Rashmi Joglekar, a staff scientist at Earthjustice’s Toxic Exposure & Health Program. One of the primary causes of fine particulate matter pollution (PM2.5) is combustion from gasoline and diesel car engines.

An earlier study by Duke University underscored the health costs: each gallon of gasoline purchased at the gas station carries with it up to $3.80 in health and environmental costs. The diesel in big rigs and farm equipment is worse, with an additional $4.80 in social costs to our health and climate per gallon.

ANDI PANTZ / GETTY IMAGES; CHRIS JORDAN-BLOCH / EARTHJUSTICE
Smog clogs the air around the 405 freeway in Los Angeles (left). A mother comforts a child receiving treatment for asthma in Southern California.

3. Electric vehicles have a smaller carbon footprint than gasoline-powered cars, no matter where your electricity comes from.

The electricity that charges and fuels battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles comes from power grids, which rely on a range of sources — from fossil fuels to clean renewable energy.

Energy grids can vary from one state to another, which means that the carbon footprint of driving an electric vehicle ranges depending on the source of its electricity.

Earthjustice attorneys are working across the country to bring 100% clean energy, but on our way there (consumption of renewable energy recently surpassed coal), a portion of the electricity in this country will continue to be generated by the burning of fossil fuels.

The very good news? Because electric vehicles are more efficient in converting energy to power cars and trucks, electricity across the board is cleaner and cheaper as a fuel for vehicles, even when that electricity comes from the dirtiest grid.

Running electric or hybrid cars on the grid in any state has lower greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline-powered cars, as revealed in a study by experts at the Union of Concerned Scientists. And as states clean up their energy grids, the benefits of electric vehicles become stronger.

Try out their “How Clean is Your Electric Vehicle?” online tool to see how electric vehicle emissions measure up where you live — get a personalized report on how much carbon pollution you save by going electric, based on your ZIP code and electric vehicle make/model.

DENNIS SCHROEDER / NREL; THOMAS BARWICK / GETTY IMAGES
An electric hybrid heavy duty truck, used to move freight at the Port of Long Beach in California, is plugged in to charge (left). Charging an electric car at home before a family trip in Washington state.

4. Through their entire lifetime, electric cars are better for the climate.

In the manufacturing process, electric vehicles will produce more global warming emissions than the average gasoline vehicle, because electric cars’ large lithium-ion batteries require a lot of materials and energy to build. (For example, manufacturing a mid-sized electric car with an 84-mile range, results in 15% more emissions.)

However, once the vehicles get on the road, it’s a whole different energy story.

Electric vehicles make up for their higher manufacturing emissions within, at most, eighteen months of driving — and continue to outperform gasoline cars until the end of their lives

The average electric car on the road today has the same greenhouse-gas emissions as a car getting 88 miles per gallon — which is far greater than the average new gasoline-powered car (31 mpg) or truck (21 mpg), according to analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

MECKY / GETTY IMAGES
Driving an electric car in the Holland Tunnel in New York City. Because electric vehicles are more efficient in converting energy to power cars and trucks, electricity across the board is cleaner and cheaper as a fuel for vehicles, even when that electricity comes from the dirtiest grid.

5. Electric vehicles can charge up at home, at work, while you’re at the store.

One advantage of electric vehicles is that many can be recharged wherever they make their home, whether that’s your home or a bus terminal. This makes electric vehicles a good solution for truck and bus fleets that return regularly to a central depot or yard.

As more electric vehicles hit the market and are used more broadly, new recharging solutions — including adding more public charging locations in shopping centers, parking garages, and workplaces — will be required for people and businesses without the same access at home.

“Having dependable charging at work let me buy a plug-in hybrid car without hesitating,” Ari Weinstein, a research scientist, shared with Sara Gersen, an Earthjustice attorney and clean energy expert. Weinstein is a renter who has limited options to be able to charge at home.

“The opportunity to drive an electric car shouldn’t be limited to people who own a home with a garage,” explains Gersen.

“Workplace charging is one key element of democratizing access to electric cars, and we need to move aggressively if we are going to meet this challenge. Electric utilities have a big role to play.”

SARA GERSEN / EARTHJUSTICE
Electric car drivers Stephanie Tiffany, Shanying Cui, and Ari Weinstein (left to right) purchased their vehicles after their workplace in Southern California installed charging stations. Read their stories.

6. Planning now by states and utilities to build infrastructure for charging electric vehicles will go a long way.

Figuring out how to charge these vehicles will become an increasingly important problem to tackle.

Utilities in California are investing more than $1 billion to build the charging infrastructure necessary for electric cars, trucks, and buses throughout the state. These kinds of infrastructure investments will become increasingly important for public transit agencies, businesses, and people who want to purchase an electric car but are unable to install a charger at home.

“The federal government isn’t working on a national solution for charging the country’s electric vehicles,” explains Adrian Martinez, a senior attorney at Earthjustice’s Right to Zero campaign, who has advocated for electrification infrastructure in California, “which means that it’s up to each state to take a hard look at its grid and figure out an electric vehicle charging plan for its turf.”

RYAN OZAWA / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0; MYRTLE BEACH, THEDIGITEL / CC BY 2.0
Charging stations outside of stores in Mililani, Hawaii (left). Electric vehicles charging in Crosswinds, S.C.

7. Transit buses, that reliable fixture rumbling through our towns and cities, may just be the key to the electric vehicle revolution.

Buses are the workhorse of our transit system, providing affordable transportation to anyone and everyone. They are a cornerstone of daily life in many cities, making them an important step to getting big electric vehicles into the broader transportation market.

A huge leap forward came when, together with a coalition of labor, environmental and public transit activists, we successfully pushed Los Angeles Metro to invest in a full fleet of zero-emissions electric buses — and then secured a commitment from the state of California to commit to a 100% electric transit bus fleet in the next decade.

By 2040, every bus you ride on or wave to in California will be a quiet, clean electric bus.

COURTESY OF BUILD YOUR DREAMS; ADRIAN MARTINEZ / EARTHJUSTICE
Technicians assemble an electric transit bus at a Build Your Dreams facility (left). Electric transit buses in Los Angeles.
 
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Take a ride on an electric bus in the foothills of Los Angeles. In the still image above, the bus receives a quick-charge at a docking station in the Pomona Transit Center.

8. Electric trucks — delivering goods from warehouses to homes — can make a big, clean difference. We need more of them.

While diesel and gas trucks only make up a small portion of the vehicles on our roads and highways, they generate massive amounts of climate and air pollution. In the most impacted communities, these trucks create diesel “death zones” with more severe respiratory and heart problems.

In California, gas and diesel trucks are responsible for nearly half of the transportation-related air pollution in the state, even though they are vastly outnumbered by cars in the state.

Today, there are 70 different types of zero-emission trucks on the market, and California in particular has become an important base for designing and manufacturing big electric vehicles like buses with companies like Proterra and Build Your Dreams in the state.

It is now time for major manufacturers to start producing electric trucks on a larger scale. Communities across California successfully fought for a strong electric trucks rule — the first protection of its kind in the country — to require truck makers to sell a certain percentage of zero-emission trucks starting in 2024.

Because of California’s market power, this rule will help jumpstart a transition to electric trucks in other states.

SHYCITYNXR / CC BY 2.0; DENNIS SCHROEDER / NREL
An electric FedEx delivery truck makes deliveries in Illinois (left). Heavy duty zero-emissions truck at the Port of Long Beach, Calif.
 
 

9. Through all our electric vehicle work, Earthjustice aims to ensure that the people who are most impacted by pollution have the option to use truly clean and zero-emissions vehicles.

“If we’re going to have a real shot at stemming the impact of the climate crisis,” explains Athena Motavvef, Earthjustice’s associate legislative representative in Washington, D.C., “we need to ditch fossil fuels, pivot to 100% clean energy, and achieve zero emissions. Making electric vehicles accessible to all people is an important step towards that goal.”

In February, Earthjustice endorsed the Electric Vehicle Freedom Act, introduced by Representatives Andy Levin (D-MI) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). The bill proposes establishing a network of electric charging stations alongside public roads, to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles by the wider public.

WHAT IS “ZERO EMISSIONS”? Zero emissions means that a vehicle emits no pollutants to disrupt the climate or dirty our air.

It’s a broader category that describes electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and other emerging types of technology.

In simple terms, zero emissions means technology that doesn’t rely on combustion to power vehicles.

Meanwhile, Earthjustice attorneys are working to help our nation’s transportation sector transition away from gasoline combustion to zero emissions, including:

  • Electric Trucks: We’ve been working to increase the number of electric trucks in California — together with 20,000 residents, we asked the California Air Resources Board to enact the nation’s first electric truck manufacturing standard.
  • Charging Infrastructure: And Earthjustice is working with the Public Utilities Commission in California and other states to build more charging infrastructure. This would relieve one of the biggest barriers to having an all-electric vehicle for those who do not have a garage or a driveway, through either workplace charging, or centralized electric vehicle fast charging.
  • Zero-Emissions Vehicles: We’re in court defending the ZEV mandate, which is essentially the California state mandate that a certain percentage of vehicle purchases in the state be zero emissions. Ten states have adopted the ZEV mandate through California’s special legal authority in the Clean Air Act.
States that have adopted California's  stronger greenhouse gas standards, and  zero emissions vehicle standards.

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Fla.

“To make it safe to breathe, we need to implement electric vehicles as fast as possible,” said Earthjustice attorney Adrian Martinez of the Right to Zero campaign.

“Fortunately, as we have seen a change in administration, there’s a lot of opportunity at the federal level to bring electric transportation into communities. But we must recognize that a lot of the decisions on clean transportation are local. It’s city councils, it’s mayors, it’s state legislatures that are making the vast majority of transportation decisions in this country.”

And it’s you.

10. You can help make the future electric (even if you’re car-free).

From cars to buses to trucks, electric vehicles are transforming how we move goods and ourselves, cleaning up our air and climate — and your voice can help advance the electric wave.

  • Urge your city to invest in electric buses, trucks, and charging infrastructure. Speak with your local elected officials and write letters-to-the-editors (see tips).
  • If you (or your friends) are in the market for a car, buy electric. Check if your local utility offers rebates or other incentives for installing electric vehicle charging stations at your home.
  • Enlighten your friends. Share the amazing electric facts you’ve learned. Encourage your friends to find out how much carbon pollution they could save by going electric.
  • Subscribe to Earthjustice emails. We only send you the best.
  • Follow on Twitter Earthjustice’s @RightToZero campaign and the Right to Zero team for the latest news on the shift to zero-emissions. We won’t just imagine a zero-emissions future. We will live it.
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