Biden targets half of US car sales to be zero-emission by 2030


It's electric and there's no turning back: half of all cars sold in the US to be zero-emission vehicles by 2030, announces President Joe Biden. — Reuters

With executives from the Detroit automakers watching, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a target for half of all cars sold in the United States to be zero-emission vehicles by 2030.

Biden cast the move as a way to compete with China and other countries that have invested in electric vehicles (EV), while also transforming the US transportation sector, which is the biggest source of the country's carbon emissions.

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