When I heard that I was being featured in the Future of Transportation campaign, it floored me! Yet I stood strong and made it for us!
Electric vehicles are here, and they have great potential to help create a healthy and sustainable planet. That’s why I’m excited to announce my collaboration with the LA Times for the Future of Transportation Campaign.
In the next eight years, more than 50% of the population will be driving an electric vehicle. This campaign will help you make those changes while encouraging readers to understand further the benefits of electric vehicles for their wallets and the environment.
Here’s a sample of my section!
Electric vehicles (EVs) aren’t the future — they’re already here. Six major carmakers — BYD, Ford, General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and Volvo — have pledged to phase out gas- and diesel-powered vehicles by 2035, and several states have passed laws banning the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles by 2030.
Seth Leitman — aka Green Living Guy — thinks the only barriers to a transition to renewable energy on a national and global scale are pretty fundamental ones. “Political will,” he says. “Also, people listening to me — I mean that.”
Living green
Leitman, an electric vehicle expert, and president of the Greater Hudson Valley Electric Auto Association, has been known as the Green Living Guy since 2005, when he began his media empire focused on sustainability.
For I realized how international institutions were basically screwing the environment for energy,” he says. “In addition, I believed in solar and wind but knew I needed to do more. Then I became Green Living Guy when I was leaving a partnership with an energy company. A buddy of mine suggested I create a ‘Green Living something’ brand. I said, when working for the New York Senate and talking green, some people would say ‘uh oh here comes that guy.’”
