President Biden has unveiled another component of his administration's plan to fight the climate crisis, announcing a new target that half of vehicles sold in the US by 2030 will be battery electric, fuel-cell electric or plug-in hybrid.
President Joe Biden unveiled another component of his administration's plan to fight the climate crisis on Thursday, announcing a new target that half of vehicles sold in the country by 2030 will be battery electric, fuel-cell electric or plug-in hybrid.
Biden signed the executive order at the White House alongside representatives from Ford, GM and Stellantis, and members of the United Auto Workers Union. The automakers are supporting Biden's new target, announcing their"shared aspiration" that 40-50% of their cars sold by 2030 to be electric vehicles, according to a joint statement from the three automakers.
"President Biden has called global warming an existential threat, but these standards won't protect us," said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Transport Campaign at the Center for Biological Diversity, in a statement."The only reason automakers have ever cut pollution is because strong rules forced them to. And these rules won't.
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