Plug-In Electric Vehicles: What Role for Washington?
by David B. Sandalow
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages260 pages
ISBN
9780815703051
Publisher (Year)
Brookings Institution Press, 2009
Description
Plug-in electric vehicles are coming. Major automakers plan to commercialize their first models soon, while Israel and Denmark have ambitious plans to electrify large portions of their vehicle fleets. No technology has g...Plug-in electric vehicles are coming. Major automakers plan to commercialize their first models soon, while Israel and Denmark have ambitious plans to electrify large portions of their vehicle fleets. No technology has greater potential to end the United States' crippling dependence on oil, which leaves the nation vulnerable to price shocks, supply disruptions, environmental degradation, and national security threats including terrorism.