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 plans to electrify the federal government’s fleet of vehicles, as he looks to spur electrification to bring down greenhouse gas emissions. And now General Motors has said it wants to 

But are states and consumers ready for them?

American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy

, or ACEEE, tracks states progress on infrastructure and policies that would help consumers adopt clean cars and transit. Its recent scorecard 

“Minnesota has done a number of things well,” said Bryan Howard, state policy director at ACEEE. “It’s done a really good job of articulating how utilities could invest in EV infrastructure [such as charging stations]. The state has also taken some initial steps to ratify California’s zero-emission vehicle regulations, which would set that manufacturers need to sell a certain number of electric vehicles in the state.”

Will drivers buy them?

State regulators push ahead with 'clean car' rules

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has proposed 

 through its rulemaking process. Republicans in the state legislature say that’s an overstep and are challenging the move. 

Howard said where Minnesota falls short is not offering incentives for buying EVs.

DFL proposes 'most ambitious' energy goal in U.S.

Faster payoff for reaching net-zero than first thought

Howard talked more about it on Climate Cast this week. Click play on the audio player above or subscribe to the Climate Cast podcast to listen.

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