Title: Reducing Your Transportation Footprint | Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Headings: Reducing Your Transportation Footprint
Reducing Your Transportation Footprint
Driving
Electric vehicles
Eco-driving
Public Transportation
Air Travel
Biking and Walking

Content: Electric vehicles
Electric vehicles (EVs) offer a low-carbon alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles. Both the private and the public sectors are working to reduce barriers and expand EV sales worldwide. Automakers are competing to reduce battery costs (which make up most of an EV’s additional cost), increase battery range, and offer a wider range of affordable EV styles, including SUVs and minivans. EV adoption varies by country, region, and city, but innovative public policies are encouraging people to purchase the vehicles. For example, California allows EV drivers to use HOV lanes even if they are driving alone. In Portland, Oregon, an extensive public charging network may have helped spur all-electric vehicles sales to three times the average U.S. all-electric vehicle uptake rate. An EV can reduce your carbon footprint and save you money over the lifetime of the vehicle. Some EV questions to consider: What are your needs? Consider how currently available EV models will fit your specific purposes, such as towing cargo or taking road trips.