Image Source: U.S. Access Board As National Disability Employment Awareness Month draws to a close, we wanted to highlight a crucial but often overlooked aspect of transportation electrification: the accessibility of EV [...]
Source: Shutterstock After a callout to the EVGridX network, we pulled together this list of programs for light duty vehicles that take equity into account. This list is not exhaustive but provides [...]
To-date, investor-owned utilities (IOUs) have been approved to invest more in transportation electrification than the total funding from state and local governments. IOUs have been approved to invest more than $3.3 billion in things [...]
Source: EV Hub On Thursday afternoon last week, updated text of the Build Back Better Act was released. The framework is now a $1.75 trillion package with an additional $100 billion for immigration (down from [...]
Source: EV Hub In the first half of 2021, electric utilities were approved to invest more than $44 million in underserved communities led by filings from San Diego Gas and Electric and [...]
Figure 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 [...]
Source: Seattle Times Transportation is one of the leading drivers of air pollution affecting human health in the United States and communities suffering from unhealthy levels of air pollution are particularly susceptible to [...]
Electric utilities have the opportunity to act as leaders in the effort to expand transportation electrification in underserved communities. These communities are an important focus for utilities because they often face disproportionate harm from [...]
Lack of access to charging infrastructure is a primary barrier to EV adoption. Disadvantaged communities (DACs) typically face a harder time accessing charging than other groups, and electric utilities are well-positioned to bring EVs to communities that [...]
