Gov. Tony Evers, co-chair of the U.S. Climate Alliance, on Thursday announced that Wisconsin is joining the Alliance’s Affordable Clean Cars Coalition.
This multistate initiative is aimed at sustaining America’s transition to cleaner and more affordable cars, supporting U.S. automotive manufacturers and workers and improving air quality.
Wisconsin and Hawai’i are joining 11 other states that launched the coalition in May. States participating in the Affordable Clean Cars Coalition are collaborating to:
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Develop solutions that make cleaner vehicles more affordable and accessible by reducing cost barriers, increasing availability of options and expanding accessible charging and fueling infrastructure;
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Continue making progress toward states’ existing clean vehicle policies and programs;
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Explore opportunities to develop and adopt next-generation policies and programs to reduce vehicle pollution, such as solutions that increase consumer access to cleaner cars and low-carbon fuels;
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Foster engagement with manufacturers, suppliers, dealers, labor unions, business associations, utilities, community-based organizations, charging and fueling infrastructure providers and others in developing and implementing state transportation solutions;
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Prioritize efforts that bolster America’s ability to compete and innovate in a global market;
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Collaborate with one another, share evidence-based practices, engage experts and develop solutions that can be shared across state lines and eventually scaled by the federal government; and
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Defend states’ longstanding authority to adopt transportation solutions that meet their needs.
