Biden Administration Announces Rules Aimed at Expanding Electric Vehicles | Not a ban but would require automakers to sell more electric vehicles and hybrids by tightening limits on tailpipe emissions (www.nytimes.com)

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[-] Grappling7155@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

While electric cars are an improvement over ICE vehicles that will help the planet, there’s still a lot more potential to decarbonize cities faster and help people get moving again by investing in alternatives to driving and upzoning everywhere permissively to legalize traditional development patterns ie mixed use, walkable, transit oriented streets.

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