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How electric cars can advance environmental justice: By putting low-income and racially diverse drivers behind the wheel

  • Written by Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, Adjunct Lecturer in Urban Studies, The New School
How electric cars can advance environmental justice: By putting low-income and racially diverse drivers behind the wheelElectric cars charging at Washington, DC's Union Station.AP Photo/Susan Walsh

The global auto industry has begun a historic shift from gas- and diesel-fueled cars to electric vehicles. President Biden’s infrastructure plan seeks to speed up this transition by requesting billions of dollars to modernize the electric grid and build 500,000...

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