Enthusiasm and reluctance about Joe Biden’s “green” plan
PAUL SCARPELLINI
los angeles
Updated Friday, April 14, 2023 -
9:55 p.m.The US president presents a plan to ensure that two thirds of new cars are electric by 2032Rush hour traffic in Los Angeles.FREDERIC J. BROWNAFPThe government of Joe Biden presented on Wednesday an ambitious plan of fight against climate change that will accelerate the transition of the car park towards a majority of electric vehicles. If the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal goes ahead, at least two-thirds of the cars and one-fourth of the new trucks in the United States would be battery powered by 2032, bringing the leading world power closer to the emission reduction goal that the international scientific community demands to avoid a future environmental catastrophe. Its implementation would me...