The new low-emission zone appears to be the most ambitious in Western Europe, and it is set to become law in little more than a year.
The grants and loans, provided under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, are meant to keep autoworkers’ jobs in their communities.
The proposal is designed to help speed the country’s transition to electric vehicles, one of the president’s signature efforts to fight climate change.
British conservatives kept a seat in a recent election by opposing an ultralow emissions zone, and some are now questioning ambitious emissions-reduction targets.
An innovative E.V. ride-sharing program is bringing low-cost clean transportation to an agricultural town in California’s Central Valley. Others are following suit.
About 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway are battery-powered. As a result, the air is cleaner, the streets are quieter and the grid hasn’t collapsed. But problems with unreliable chargers persist.
In what would be the nation’s most ambitious climate regulation, the proposal is designed to ensure that electric cars make up the majority of new U.S. auto sales by 2032.
Once a building ground for battleships, the site is a city-within-a-city where companies can test their solutions for a greener future.
In New York City, thefts of catalytic converters, known as ‘cats,’ rose by nearly 5,000 in one year.
In New York City, thefts of catalytic converters, known as ‘cats,’ rose by nearly 5,000 in one year.