The long road to electric cars in the U.S.

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Electric cars in the U.S. face a long road. So far 14 states and Washington, D.C., have adopted California regulations that require the sales of a certain number of zero-emissions vehicles per year and for all cars sold to be zero emission by 2035

Less than 1% of the 250 million cars, SUVs and light-duty trucks on the road in the United States areGetting drivers to switch from gas-powered to electric vehicles is essential for the U.S. to be carbon-neutral by 2050.

If all cars sold by 2030 were electric, EVs could make up between 60%-70% of cars on the road by 2050.President Joe Biden has set an ambitious goal for half of new car sales to be electric, fuel cell or hybrid electric vehicles by 2030. Momentum is certainly building for the transition to electric. Automakers are ramping up EV production and many new models are expected over the next few years.

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