Ask A Scientist: The Electric Car & Power Grid's Shared Future

15 Apr 2023 | Abstracted from Clean Technica

NREL says the country has the potential to reach 100% clean energy by 2035...the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) anticipates that at least 50 percent of US passenger car sales will be electric by 2030...cities, states and the federal government need to enact policies that enable drivers to put fewer miles on their cars and truck - or better still, own fewer cars and trucks - so that we need less energy for transportation."

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