Programs bring electric cars to low-income people
“Electric cars have a Tesla-like image of being pricey, but new programs seek to put them in the hands of lower-income drivers as well in the name of cleaner air. A new program here makes Los Angeles the latest city to expand car-sharing opportunities to less affluent areas in hopes of not only lowering carbon emissions in some of the most polluted urban areas, but also expanding transportation opportunities for residents. A similar car-sharing experiment is under way in Chicago. Los Angeles’ program, BlueLA, provides battery-powered vehicles as cheap as 15 cents a minute, or $9 an hour, to lower-income people who qualify.”