Energy Resources

Unlike conventional vehicles, electric cars and trucks use a motor powered by batteries or a fuel cell.

Battery electric cars run exclusively on electricity—cutting air pollution and global warming pollution.

Hybrids use an internal combustion engine—and can be fueled like normal cars—but also have an electric motor and battery.

The Low Carbon Fuel Standard is California’s key to advancing electric vehicles (EVs) and meeting emission goals.

Renewables face major obstacles. Some are inherent with all new technologies; others are the result of a skewed regulatory framework and marketplace.

Renewable energy—wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and biomass—provides substantial benefits for our climate, our health, and our economy.

Air pollution from coal-fired power plants is linked with asthma, cancer, heart and lung ailments, neurological problems, acid rain, global warming, and other severe environmental and public health impacts.

Coal is a main contributor to global warming, and has major negative effects on human health and the environment.

Clean transportation can protect our environment and grow our economy.

Lakes, rivers, streams, and drinking water supplies are all heavily impacted by coal mines and power plants.

Automakers have long claimed they can’t meet the rules—but they consistently innovate to meet them.