Sierra Club Survey Says 30% Of US Dealers REFUSE To Sell Electric Cars
30% of US car dealers tell the Sierra Club they refuse to sell electric cars. Pretty soon they won’t have to because they will be out of business.
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Ben Jealous’s New Mission: Saving the Planet
The longtime civil rights leader discusses his position at the helm of the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club’s Nationwide Study On The EV Shopping Experience
Back in 2015, when we shopped EVs and then leased a Nissan Leaf, we were the primary EV educators up to the point of sale, not the salespeople. Even during the test drive, we had more knowledge. Our grasp on the function and reality of electric cars seemed to overwhelm the salesperson. We passionately emphasized why we wanted an electric car. Our sales person remained less than enthusiastic.
Car Companies Aren’t Even Trying To Sell Electric Cars
This article is part of a series about barriers to the widespread adoption of electric cars.
1 Millionth Electric Vehicle In US Provides Opportunity To Look Back
At some point this fall, someone somewhere drove the millionth electric vehicle sold in the US off a car lot and onto the road (Europe passed the one-million-EV milestone in August, and China reached it about a year ago, The Guardian reports). With a new generation of EVs beginning to hit the market, and massive numbers of public chargers under construction from coast to coast, the electric future is beginning to take shape.
Children Need Zero-Emissions, Electric School Buses
Children are everyone’s hope for positive change. They are every country’s most valuable resource. Children make life sparkle and remind one of the most meaningful parts of life. Perhaps that is one main reason why critical health issues for children are so heartbreaking. Those health issues seem all the more tragic when they come from decisions that humans didn’t have to make, from not thinking through the options in the best overall way.
Tesla & Sonnen Working Overtime To Power Up Puerto Rico
Tesla, sonnen, and other solar power companies are rushing to build solar-powered microgrids on Puerto Rico, where 80% of the population is still without electricity.
G20 Governments Continue Spending Billions In Public Fossil Fuel Financing
G20 countries continue to spend billions in public financing for fossil fuels, spending nearly four times as much than on clean energy, averaging more than $70 billion annually, totaling $215.3 billion in deals for oil, gas, and coal between 2013 and 2015.
St. Petersburg (Florida) Gets 2 Electric Buses
The use of two newly acquired, clean, quiet, all-electric buses is starting in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. The Sierra Club reports that the BYD electric buses coming to St. Pete and other locations in Pinellas County will run as often as possible this year so that more people can experience them and their emissions-cutting potential is maximized.
