BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 2, 2023
Maine currently has about 9,500 electric vehicles, according to state data. It would need to add 30,000 more electric vehicles each year for the next seven years to reach the goal laid out in its climate action plan. The state has an ambitious target to cut down 45 percent of its emissions by 2030. For this to happen, the state’s climate action plan, Maine Won’t Wait, estimates it needs 219,000 electric vehicles on the roads by then. To date, Maine has reached just 4 percent of its goal.