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The transportation sector is the largest source of global warming emissions in the United States. It's also a major source of harmful air pollution that can lead to asthma and heart and lung disease, especially in communities of color that have been historically targeted for highway and port construction. We need to act quickly to reduce these emissions by reducing car dependency with better transit, pedestrian and biking options, increasing the fuel efficiency of gas cars, AND electrifying as many of the cars, trucks, and buses on our roads as possible.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are a key component of helping to clean up our country's transportation sector. Unfortunately, thanks to years of misinformation spread by the oil industry, they're also perhaps the most misunderstood.
Despite what you may have heard, an average EV produces fewer emissions than gas-powered cars on any electric grid in the country, and they will only get cleaner as our power sector continues the transition to more renewable energy sources. And while sourcing the materials for EV batteries continues to present environmental and ethical issues, scientists are working daily to improve and expand battery recycling.
Electrification on its own isn't enough to combat the climate crisis or clean up our air, but it's a solution that is here and starting to make a difference today. That's why the Biden administration has committed to replace federal fleets with EVs, why several states and countries have committed to full-electrification goals, and why activists across the United States are advocating for more electric trucks, buses, and charging infrastructure—and we're winning vital progress on all of those fronts.
But the oil industry isn't going to stop their misinformation…so we need to counter it with the truth: Share this UCS Science Network member-produced video on Twitter to combat misinformation and spread the word that electric cars, trucks, and buses are an essential climate and clean air solution.