Joined by seven other governors, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy reportedly pledged last week to help build the infrastructure necessary to get 3.3 million zero-emission cars on the road by 2025 in an effort to decrease greenhouse gas emissions.
In a Sacramento meeting, the eight governors created a task force to make owning electric cars, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel-cell cars more attractive, according to the Associated Press. Among the initiatives adopted, the governors pledged to increase the number of charging stations and relevant roadway signs.
Aided by $200,000 in funding, public officials announced  plans in July to install 119 additional charging stations across the state’s highways to prepare for an increased number of electric cars. The plans would more than double the existing 81 charging stations. The transportation sector accounts for one-third of all energy consumed in the state and is the source of roughly 40 percent of  greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Department of Transportation.
“Electric vehicles run cleaner and are less harmful to the environment, and they are also more energy efficient,” said Daniel C. Esty, commissioner of the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection, in a July press release. “Expanding the number of charging stations available to the public will help decrease motorists”™ concerns about running out of power in their electric vehicles and result in increasing sales of EVs.”
