Electric Cars
The residents of Monterey County better put their money where their vote is if the electric car trend is going to amount to anything. Only 1 percent of cars in the region are electric, according to Monterey Bay Community Power. The statewide goal would require the proportion of EVs to go up to 15 percent by 2030. The goal may seem arbitrary – that is, if you forget about a little thing called the climate crisis. Experts agree that for our planet to be saved, a whole lot more of us should be switching over from gas-powered cars. That’s a trend we can all get behind.