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The future is here with electric vehicles! Automobiles, above all else, represent America's addiction to dirty oil. Plug-in electric vehicles (EVs), which require no gasoline and emit no pollution from their tailpipes, present a critical opportunity to slash pollution, reduce dependence on oil, create American jobs, and improve national security. To drive this change, the Sierra Club has launched a national campaign to promote electric vehicles -- just as new EV models are hitting the roads.
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Sierra Club's Go Electric Campaign
Each year, American passenger cars and trucks spew approximately 1.3 billion tons of carbon pollution into the air by burning 129 billion gallons of gasoline. Our dangerous dependence on oil has resulted in catastrophes like the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico and, every day, we send more than $500,000,000 abroad to pay for oil, increasing our national debt and dependence on many nations hostile to our policies.
More Electric Vehicle Facts
News and Media
February, 2012: Media Matters for America
Myths and Facts About Electric Cars
February, 2012: Sierra Club Compass
Electric Vehicles in the Media
January, 2011: Huffington Post/Sierra Club Michael Brune's Blog
Speaking Up for Clean Cars
December, 2011: Sierra Club Compass
A Wireless Plan for Electric Vehicles?
November 2011: Sierra Club Compass
My Week Driving the Volt: Part 2
November 2011: Sierra Club Compass
My Week Driving the Volt: Part 1
October 2011: Sierra Club Compass
Go Get Revenge
More news
Revenge!
Revenge of the Electric Car, by filmmaker Chris Paine (who made Who Killed the Electric Car?), is coming to theaters in 30+ cities nationwide this fall and winter, and some cities are hosting special events in conjunction with the film. The Sierra Club is pleased to partner with the filmmakers to promote Revenge as an important tool in educating the public about EVs. A switch to electric will be one crucial way for us to reduce dangerous emissions and dependence on oil.
Watch the official trailer