A landmark shift in consciousness is occurring across the U.S. as the public, government, and private sectors acknowledge the realities of a carbon-constrained world facing a major climate catastrophe.
Recognizing that over 30 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come from the dirty and inefficient transportation sector, President Obama has highlighted plug-in electric vehicles as a central solution to combating climate change. President Obama has pledged to:
As a result, billions of dollars of the recent Stimulus Package (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) funding has been allocated to jumpstarting a market for plug-in vehicles, including tax credits of up to $7,500 for consumers to purchase plug-ins.
