From the Creation Care Team: Electric Car Sales Growing Worldwide ~ (From an article in Talking Climate by Katherine Hayhoe) According the International Energy Agency worldwide sales of electric cars in 2022 increased by an amazing 60%! That’s one out of every seven passenger cars sold.
In the US only about 6% of vehicles sold were EVs. However, there are proposals at the federal level that could restrict heat trapping gas emissions to be reduced in all new vehicles sold in the US. The goal is to have about 54% of all new vehicles to electric by 2030.
This of course will require major infrastructure investment, especially in charging stations as well as an overhaul of the electric grid and an increase in battery manufacturing.
The world’s largest retailer Walmart recently announced it would add fast charging stations at thousands of locations around the country. If accomplished, this could put a charging station within 90% of the US population. Similar plans are developing in other countries. Norway will ban the sale of gas vehicles by 2025. A similar ban will take place in Canada in 2035.
We are moving in an electric direction but there is much to be done to create a world of electric vehicles.