Plugging Away San Diegos Plan To Charge Toward A Cleaner Grid

Reduce harmful pollution. Because EVs don't produce any emissions from the tailpipe when they are drawing on energy from their battery - unlike traditional gasoline-powered vehicles - they can greatly reduce the amount of harmful pollution from which California suffers. Targeting tailpipe emissions, the largest contributor to dangerous emissions, will help the state meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets and reduce harmful pollutants that are causing elevated levels of smog. Integrate more renewable energy. By charging at times when renewable energy is abundant (i.e., during the day to take advantage of solar and late at night to soak up wind power), EVs can enable the grid to handle more clean energy resources while still maintaining reliability. Avoid increasing use of fossil fuel resources. Because solar power becomes unavailable when the sun goes down, the grid...