David Roland-Holst, UC Berkeley, and F. Noel Perry, Next10.org: Every step we can take to put more EVs on the roads offers potential benefits to all Californians. We can cut emissions, combat climate change, and clean up our airābut only if weāre prepared to save money and help create equitable access to clean cars in the process.
California's current climate policies won't cut greenhouse gas pollution enough to meet the state's goals ā but a new report says cleaning up cars and the cement industry could help.
California's clean air enforcers want major truck manufacturers to sell zero-emission vehicles in the state ā but the agency's proposal faces criticism from environmentalists and truck makers alike.
Austin Brown and Dan Sperling, UC Davis: Imposing fees on electric vehicles in California could reduce their sales by 10ā24%. The result would be a small increase in transportation funding would come at the expense of the long-term benefits that electric vehicles deliver for individuals and for society. The upshot is that imposing new fees wonāt solve our transportation problems. It will only make them worse.
The rule stripping California of its power to police climate-warming car pollution takes effect today. Hereās what it means for California's commuters.
California's decision to buy only from carmakers that have agreed to follow its clean car rules may well cost GM's Chevrolet tens of millions of dollars.