Plug In America’s Campaign to Save the Electric Car

Zan Dubin Scott, a founding board member of Plug In America, is communications director of the nonprofit organization, which advocates for zero-emission electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

In 2008, state regulators tried to kill the electric car again, slashing by 70 percent the number of EVs automakers must sell in the coming years. But Plug In America won key victories in our California Air Resources Board (CARB) campaign and took the opportunity to broaden our outreach by calling on legislators and others to take over the charge of a pollution-free future.

Our campaign also motivated consumers from all 50 states and 20 countries to contact CARB and Gov. Schwarzenegger, letting them know that demand for clean cars stretches from coast to coast and as far away as Singapore. And, with a media campaign managed and executed by Zan Dubin Scott, news of our efforts was carried around the world by the Associated Press, Reuters, United Press International, U.S. News & World Report, National Public Radio, Wired.com and myriad other media.
To read more about this campaign, including some of our media coverage, please visit www.pluginamerica.org

Zan Dubin Scott
Director of Communications
Plug In America