Electric vehicles are ready for a mainstream market.
The 2021 hurricane season is not over yet and we’ve been reminded of it Cost of inaction on the subject of climate change. That year, South Florida saw record-breaking heat while forest fires, chronic floods and more intense hurricanes wreaked havoc across the country. Looking ahead, Florida’s cities will need many tools in their toolkits to protect our communities and economies from climate change.
While electric vehicles alone are not the answer to climate change, they offer a way to lower the cost of running municipal fleets and speed recovery from storms while reducing air pollution that threatens public health. The good news is that Americans are on board, a national survey shows that nearly two-thirds of voters, including 56% of Independents and 50% of Republicans, are helping US automakers make the transition to zero-emission vehicles. According to Environmental Defense Fund By 2030, consumers who invest in electric vehicles will save more than $ 7,200 per car compared to a traditional gasoline-powered car, a crucial cost saving for families.
If you’ve seen any major sporting events on TV this year, from the NCAA Final Four to the Super Bowl, you’ve seen it: Display after display presents the new electric cars of the American car companies. This is proof that EVs are ready for the mainstream market – you don’t pay Will Ferrell and Lebron James to advertise your car only to niche buyers.
government Ron DeSantis has invested in Miami-Dade County’s public schools and has begun converting obsolete, polluting diesel buses to electric vehicles. This smart policy is strongly supported 62% of Floridians support providing grants to school districts to purchase zero-emission school buses, while strong majorities support expanding tax incentives and sales vouchers for zero-emission cars and trucks, increasing investment in domestic electric vehicle manufacturing. Batteries and components as well as the development of a charging infrastructure for electric vehicles according to a survey by Mason-Dixon.
As Vice Mayor of West Miami, I am committed to working with state and federal leaders such as DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio Lead in developing charging infrastructure and creating guidelines that will help cities retrofit fleets, save money and preserve Florida’s extraordinary but fragile ecosystems – for future generations.
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Eric Diaz-Padron is Vice Mayor of West Miami.
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