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Zorro

(15,757 posts) Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:25 PM Jan 2018

California will put 5 million electric cars on the road by 2030, Gov. Jerry Brown says

California Gov. Jerry Brown wants to put 5 million electric cars on the state’s roads by 2030.

Brown announced the new goal in his State of the State speech this week, and formalized the target in an executive order issued Friday.

“This executive order aims to curb carbon pollution from cars and trucks and boost the number of zero-emission vehicles driven in California,” Brown said in a statement.

Currently, the state’s goal is to have 1.5 million such cars on the road by 2025. Transportation is California’s largest source of greenhouse gases. Two years ago, lawmakers approved a target of reducing carbon emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-gov-brown-california-will-put-5-1516999162-htmlstory.html

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California will put 5 million electric cars on the road by 2030, Gov. Jerry Brown says (Original Post) Zorro Jan 2018 OP

You could do that now Mr.Bill Jan 2018 #1

Yea us. We lead the nation follows. wasupaloopa Jan 2018 #2

Glad to see the 101 back to normal. Had a lovely day visiting the Santa Barbara Zoo on Thursday. SunSeeker Jan 2018 #3

Traffic is still very light. wasupaloopa Jan 2018 #5

With more people buying electric cars, prices should come down a bit. SunSeeker Jan 2018 #4

And bringing charging stations total to 250,000 in eight years. ffr Jan 2018 #6

Mr.Bill

(24,375 posts)

1. You could do that now

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:30 PM

Jan 2018

if they weren't priced out of the range of many car buyers. It's just a matter of making them cheap enough for the masses. It will happen eventually

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)

2. Yea us. We lead the nation follows.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:33 PM

Jan 2018

Last edited Sun Jan 28, 2018, 09:02 AM - Edit history (1)

I am so proud we are a mostly liberal, Dem and diverse state.

I love living in CA. I live close to the Thomas fire and the Montecito mud slides and know people who lost their homes.

But I am not in much of a hazard area. Well there is the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant but it is closing in 2025.

SunSeeker

(51,814 posts)

3. Glad to see the 101 back to normal. Had a lovely day visiting the Santa Barbara Zoo on Thursday.

Reply to wasupaloopa (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 27, 2018, 09:25 AM

Jan 2018

There was hardly anyone there. I wonder if people realize Santa Barbara is open for business.

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)

5. Traffic is still very light.

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 28, 2018, 09:01 AM

Jan 2018

SunSeeker

(51,814 posts)

4. With more people buying electric cars, prices should come down a bit.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sat Jan 27, 2018, 09:36 AM

Jan 2018

I understand there are some good state incentives to help make them affordable, knocking thousands off the price. A friend recently bought a Nissan Leaf for around $25k after various clean air rebates.

ffr

(22,681 posts)

6. And bringing charging stations total to 250,000 in eight years.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Tue Jan 30, 2018, 05:10 PM

Jan 2018

K&R

This is how government should work, when it works for the people, instead of just to oppose Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

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