Atlas Buildings Hub
Spencer Burget2021-11-01T18:46:23-04:00Buildings Hub is an online platform that empowers the building decarbonization community with the latest data, research, and policy developments in the buildings sector.
Federal Fleet Electrification Assessment
Nick Nigro2021-08-18T09:19:29-04:00By 2025, 40 percent of all non-Postal Service federal fleet vehicles and 97 percent of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) vehicles can be replaced with EV at a lower total cost of ownership TCO than comparable gas and diesel vehicles. This means that choosing an EV over a conventional vehicle will save money over the life of the vehicle.
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 [...]
Benefits of Transportation Electrification in a Post Pandemic World
Nick Nigro2021-06-07T15:15:37-04:00This research report from Atlas Public Policy in partnership with the Alliance for Transportation Electrification highlights the potential economic, public health, and climate benefits of transportation electrification in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 [...]
Annual Enacted EV Policies More Than Double Between 2015 and 2020
Conner Smith2025-01-12T21:05:58-05:00State EV policy activity has skyrocketed over the last five years with more than twice as many EV policies enacted in 2020 compared to 2015. The effects of these policies on the EV market [...]
Air Quality, Climate Change, and COVID-19
Nick Nigro2021-03-25T09:18:00-04:00This paper describes the economic, health, and social justice challenges from both COVID-19 and the 2020 wildfire season and highlights the role of transportation electrification in being one of many critical responses to the challenges.
Electric Utility Filing Bi-Annual Update
Conner Smith2021-03-10T14:15:44-05:00Since 2012, utility commissions across the country have approved more than $2.6 billion in transportation electrification investments [1]. $1.2 billion, almost half of the all-time total, was approved in 2020 alone. This report elaborates on the trends in transportation electrification programs from investor-owned utilities (IOU) in 2020 and was supported by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Transportation Electrification in North Carolina
Conner Smith2021-02-18T12:45:17-05:00This brief provides an overview of the state of the EV market and deployment in North Carolina while also highlighting travel patterns and transit agency statistics, along with snapshots of EV policy and program examples from other states.
Utilities Investing $766 Million in Underserved Communities
Conner Smith2025-01-12T21:05:58-05:00Electric utility investment in underserved communities has more than doubled since the end of 2019. This surge was driven by two major approvals in 2020, one for Southern California Edison and another spread across [...]