US lags in electric vehicle sales despite Biden administration’s push

Electric cars will make up just 4% of American sales in 2021, compared with 9% in China and 14% in Europe

The Biden administration, in the midst of a major push to encourage the take-up of electric vehicles, has been provided a sobering reminder of how badly the US is lagging in the adoption of zero-emission cars.

The White House has set a goal for electric vehicles to make up 50% of all new car sales by the end of this decade in order to slash planet-heating emissions and help avert disastrous climate change.