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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.
Take Action: Tell your governor: Move beyond oil with electric vehicles! 
Sierra Club's Go Electric Campaign
Each year, American passenger cars and trucks spew upwards of three trillion pounds of carbon pollution into the air by burning 121 billion gallons of gasoline. These emissions are from both the vehicle tailpipes and the "upstream" emissions from extracting, refining, and transporting oil on the way to our vehicles. 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
December, 2012 Sierra Club Compass
This Sierra Clubber's DIY Car
November, 2012 Sea Change Radio
Interview with Gina Coplon-Newfield on why Sierra Club Promotes EVs
November, 2012 Sierra Club Compass
Electric Vehicles Get the Vote in New York City
November, 2012 New York Times Wheels Blog
Electric Car Owners Unfazed by Storm
October, 2012 Sierra Club Compass
Altwheels for Fleets
More news
National Plug In Day
National Plug In Day was Electric!
On September 23, more than 25,000 people attended events in 65 cities nationwide to promote the many benefits of electric vehicles.
See highlights here.