About Our Program

The Sierra Club is working to accomplish a widespread shift to plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) that rely on little to no oil at all. EVs are much cleaner than conventional vehicles today, even accounting for the emissions from electricity sources. As we shift to more renewable sources of power, EVs become even cleaner over time. Our work includes advocacy for federal, state, and local policies that will make EVs more accessible; a push for the utility sector to invest in EV programs; outreach to expose the public to the benefits of EVs; campaigning for transit agencies and school districts to invest in electric buses; and advocacy for Volkswagen’s dieselgate settlement funds to be invested in EV charging stations, zero emission buses and trucks, and solutions for neighborhoods hit hardest by pollution.