China has the largest number of electric cars on the roads last year with a total stock of 4.5 million.
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“The total amount of funding it would direct to roads, bridges, ports, waterways and airports combined adds up to less than what it would spend just on electric cars,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a press release last week. 1
Auto manufacturers are increasingly focused on EVs over gas-powered cars, while state and federal lawmakers across the U.S. are promoting EVs as part of a push to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector. 2
- Inside Climate News, April 29, 2021, Nicholas Portuondo – Biden’s Bet on Electric Vehicles Is Drawing Opposition from Republicans Who Fear Liberal Overreach – Even GOP lawmakers who sense the inevitability of EVs are opposed, leaving some analysts fearful that EVs could become entangled in the culture wars.
- MinnPost.com, March 2021, Walker Orenstein – Electric vehicles are coming to Minnesota. Republicans and Democrats have very different ideas on how state government should respond. – So far in 2021, the Republicans who control the Minnesota Senate and DFLers who control the House have found little common ground on how the state should react to the burgeoning EV industry.
