{"id":19719,"date":"2019-10-25T18:07:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T01:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=19719"},"modified":"2019-10-25T18:07:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T01:07:57","slug":"schumer-outlines-vision-for-electric-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=19719","title":{"rendered":"Schumer outlines vision for electric cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) outlined his vision for boosting the number of electric vehicles on the road, hoping the U.S. will have an all-electric fleet by 2040.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/xrhsknglcddtynydtprcctsscgtqdgdmmbclnjqjpbvsc_aykmhhdkdnmhtkbdsysp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/xrhsknglcddtynydtprcctsscgtqdgdmmbclnjqjpbvsc_aykmhhdkdnmhtkbdsysp.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1572125422042000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEH8PhJBJ8urG-iWndKoBk9b27KxQ\">Thursday op-ed in The New York Times<\/a>, Schumer outlined his plan, offering steep discounts for buyers that trade in a gas-powered car for an electric one. The assistance would be even greater for low-income customers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Isn&#8217;t the transition to electric vehicles already happening?&#8221; Schumer wrote. &#8220;Yes, but it is progressing too slowly. Transportation still accounts for nearly one-third of America&#8217;s carbon output. Even though many American automakers are preparing for an all-electric future, electric vehicles are still too expensive for too many Americans, and our country lacks sufficient battery-charging infrastructure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His plan also calls for grants to help states build charging stations across the country, with a focus on low-income and rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>While Schumer doesn&#8217;t spell out what form the assistance for electric vehicle purchases would take, the article does say it would only apply to American-made cars. He estimates that assistance along with the investment in charging stations and a program to help automakers shift their factories, would require $454 billion over 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation is the largest sector of carbon pollution in the U.S., according to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/nrdjgcwhkqqnbcbqntdkknjjkwnmqwqzzpkhcrmrtpykw_aykmhhdkdnmhtkbdsysp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/nrdjgcwhkqqnbcbqntdkknjjkwnmqwqzzpkhcrmrtpykw_aykmhhdkdnmhtkbdsysp.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1572125422042000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF5PpnFr_SITiq4Q2FdLQnYsZcIGA\">data from the Environmental Protection Agency<\/a>, surpassing greenhouse gas emissions from both power plants and industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19720,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19719\/revisions\/19720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}