The Road Ahead for Electric Vehicles
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The Road Ahead for Electric Vehicles
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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us at the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA)'s briefing to discuss the road ahead for electric drive vehicles as industry executives, policymakers, and other stakeholders gather to address the outlook for the market and what role policymakers can play in accelerating the electric fleet. Policymakers and industry leaders will provide their expert insights, and a moderated Q&A will follow.
Electric drive vehicles present several key benefits over conventional vehicles. By making it possible to power our vehicles with electricity from a multitude of sources, including renewables, they reinforce America's energy security. Electric drive also helps to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality. And they're good for consumers' wallets: on average, domestic grid electricity can power plug-in cars for the equivalent of $1 a gallon.
Electric drive vehicles encompass vehicles powered by battery, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell drives. Over half a million such cars were sold in 2014 alone, representing 3.47 percent of the total market. Sales are rising fast, and electric drive vehicles are expected to continue to gain market share despite falling gas prices.
The briefing is free and open to the public.
Featured speakers for the Capitol Hill briefing include:
•The Honorable Jeff Merkley - United States Senate (D-OR)
•The Honorable Thomas R. Carper - United States Senate (D-DE) (Invited)
•Genevieve Cullen - Electric Drive Transportation Association
•Tracy Woodard - Nissan
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