Seattle’s mayor Ed Murray wants to dramatically increase electric vehicle (EV) use in the city to 15k cars by 2025 in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions from the city’s vehicle fleet. In an announcement Thursday at the Climate Leadership Conference in Seattle, Murray proposed expanding electric-vehicle use in the city by 15,000 cars by 2025, including more city-owned cars. The development plan "Drive Clean“ strategy was announced at the Climate Leadership Conference in Seattle, proposing to electrify more of the city’s public transport vehicles as well as promoting the use of private EVs and using the city’s carbon neutral, hydro-power electric energy. In a press release, Mayor Murray’s office said that “Seattle is leading the nation with EV adoption – we have over 10,000 new plug-in hybrid vehicles, nearly 1,000 zero-emission buses, and are working on an
Seattle’s mayor Ed Murray wants to dramatically increase electric vehicle (EV) use in the city to 15k cars by 2025 in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions from the city’s vehicle fleet. The development plan "Drive Clean“ strategy was announced at the Climate Leadership Conference in Seattle, proposing to electrify more of the city’s public transport vehicles as well as promoting the use of private EVs and using the city’s carbon neutral, hydro-power electric energy. In a press release, Mayor Murray’s office said that “Seattle is leading the nation with EV adoption – we have over 10,000 new plug-in hybrid vehicles, nearly 1,000 zero-emission buses, and are working on an