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Counting the cars that go across the Brooklyn and Golden Gate Bridges every day doesn't exactly sound like fun. But when we're talking about the Multi-State ZEV Action Plan that eight US states are using to boost zero-emission vehicle adoption, though, we can think of it as a positive thing. That's because a quarter million vehicles cross those iconic bridges every day, and that's how many zero-emission vehicles have been sold in the US.

Technically, the number's closer to 260,000 and counting. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) made that announcement Thursday, noting again (with pride, likely) that 100,000 of those ZEVs have been sold in the Golden State. California is also sinking about $50 million into deploying H2 refueling stations for the incoming batch of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. But the other states in the Action Plan - Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont - are stepping up their ZEV efforts, too.

The Multi-State ZEV Action Plan was announced last year, and this spring set a goal to account for a collective 3.3 million ZEVs sold by 2025. Together, those states represent almost a quarter of the country's new light-duty vehicle sales, and have vowed to boost demand through initiatives such as promoting workplace charging and supporting the establishment of charging networks. Check out CARB's press release below.Continue reading These 8 states helped sell quarter-million electric vehicles in US

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