8 Stories from 2021
Tom Taylor2022-12-13T20:15:36-05:00Source: EV Hub 2021 was a big year. Here are some of the biggest moments. 1. President Biden and major automakers set a target of 50 percent EV sales by 2030. Here’s [...]
VW Settlement has an Electric Year
Tom Taylor2023-08-16T14:10:10-04:00Source: EV Hub The Volkswagen (VW) Settlement has been one of the most important sources of funding for transportation electrification initiatives over the past few years. On the State Policy Dashboard, we have [...]
The Advance of the Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) Rule
Tom Taylor2022-12-13T20:18:40-05:00Source: TRAA Vehicle Identification Guide. On Thursday September 8, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation A.4302/S.2758. The legislation sets a statutory goal for all new light-duty vehicles sold in the Empire State to [...]
New Jersey’s Moment in the Sun
Tom Taylor2022-12-13T20:18:33-05:00Source: EV Hub data on Volkswagen Settlement allocations in 2021. New Jersey is having its moment in the sun. Governor Phil Murphy recently announced the state is looking to adopt California’s Advanced Clean Truck Rule. The rule [...]
Investor-Owned Utilities Investing $770 Million in Underserved Communities
Spencer Burget2025-01-12T21:05:58-05:00Figure 1: Planned investment in underserved communities by investor-owned utilities (Top 10) Source: EV Hub In the first half of 2021, electric utilities were approved to invest more than $44 million [...]
Federal Transit Authority Awards $182 M for Low and No Emission Transit Buses
Spencer Burget2022-12-13T20:17:37-05:00Source: Proterra On Friday, June 25th, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced $182 million in grants to local transit agencies for the deployment of zero- or low-emission transit buses and supporting equipment [...]
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Dedicates $15 Billion to Electric Vehicles
Spencer Burget2022-12-13T20:16:13-05:00Source: Pikist On Thursday, June 24th, President Biden struck a deal with a bipartisan group of senators on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. The proposal includes $579 [...]
States Target Equitable Access, Ride Sharing, and Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles
Spencer Burget2022-12-13T20:18:40-05:00Source: EV Hub The first half of 2021 has seen a flurry of state action on transportation electrification. Nevada and Colorado both took steps to boost funding for electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. [...]
More than $2.6 Billion in Public Funding for EVs
Conner Smith2025-01-12T21:05:58-05:00For the back half of the 2010s, state governments were at the helm of transportation electrification funding and policy in the United States. Funding for EVs and EV charging exploded in 2018 with more [...]
Fleet Electrification on the Rise
Conner Smith2022-12-13T20:17:38-05:00Source: USPS Automakers and manufacturers continue to expand electrification plans in response to what some are calling an inflection point of growth in global EV market in 2021. After increasing by 39 percent in 2020 [...]