“More than a decade ago, a coalition of 10 states pledged to put 3.3 million electric vehicles on the road by 2025.
It was an audacious goal for the time. In 2013, there were fewer than 200,000 EVs in use across the country, and U.S. car buyers had fewer than 20 models to choose from, according to the International Energy Agency.
But California and nine other states agreed it was a smart move for both the environment and their economies, and so they agreed to adopt similar incentives and regulations to encourage EV ownership.
Twelve years later, the state-led effort has hit its mark, according to a report released Monday by the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, a nonprofit group that brings together state-level air quality officials.”
Launched in 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York, and California to help fill the void left by the U.S. federal government’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the Alliance has grown to include 24 governors from across the U.S. representing approximately 60 percent of the U.S. economy and 55 percent of the U.S. population. Governors in the Alliance have pledged to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26-28 percent by 2025, 50-52 percent by 2030, and 61-66 percent by 2035, all below 2005 levels, and collectively achieve overall net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as practicable, and no later than 2050.
The Alliance’s states and territories continue to advance innovative and impactful climate solutions to grow the economy, create jobs, and protect public health, and have a long record of action and results. In fact, the latest data shows that as of 2023, the Alliance has reduced its collective net greenhouse gas emissions by 24 percent below 2005 levels, while increasing collective GDP by 34 percent, and is on track to meet its near-term climate goal of reducing collective greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.
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