Brown Says Global Lead on Zero Emissions Beating Forecast
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For four decades, California has set the pace for clean-air initiatives, from curbing tailpipe emissions to promoting renewable energy. Now the world’s eighth-largest economy is forging a path for electric cars.
Californians bought as many as 26,482 electric vehicles this year, more than any country including second-place China, with a population that’s 35 times bigger. The most-populous U.S. state has 2,300 public charging stations, or about 10 times as many as in China, according to the U.S. Energy Department.