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Montana’s Governor Gianforte among GOP governors pushing back against electric cars
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is among a group of 16 Republican governors who wrote to President Joe Biden urging a change to his administration’s push to put more battery powered vehicles on the road, citing concerns for U.S. consumers and infrastructure.
According to a December 2023 fact sheet released by the White House, under Biden “EV sales have tripled and the number of publicly available charging ports has grown by nearly 70%.”
McKenzie Romero
Transportation News
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Cumulative Sales of Plug-in Electric Vehicles Nearly 5 Million in USA — Chart
It took about eight years for cumulative PEV sales to reach 1 million. After that, it took less than three years to reach 2 million, just over a year to reach 3 million, and only nine months to reach 4 million cumulative sales.
Help States Tackle Transportation Emissions & You Might Drive Away in a Luxury EV
The transportation sector is the largest contributor to the country’s climate pollution, accounting for a third of all emissions. In fact, a recently released report from Rhodium Group found that while emissions decreased overall year over year in 2023, the transportation sector’s footprint increased by almost two percent.
While transportation emissions are growing, the sector is rife with technological and policy opportunities to turn the tide. Over half of the sector’s emissions stem from personal vehicle use, and states are passing policies on vehicle emissions standards and charging infrastructure development to target emissions from this source.
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