Weekly Digest Archive

Image Source: State Policy Dashboard On July 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced another $1.5 billion for 117 transit bus projects across 47 states as part of the third round of funding for the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities and Low-and No-Emission Programs. For an overview of the second round of funding, check out [...]

Image Source: Shutterstock Last week, the Biden administration announced $1.7 billion of awards from the  Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to convert eleven shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities into electric vehicle (EV) and EV components manufacturing sites. The facilities are in eight states: Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, and Virginia. [...]

Image Source: Shutterstock Over the past few months, in partnership with the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), we published the first three in a series of case studies on Round One of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program in Alaska, [...]

Source: Q1 Quarterly Review Hot off the press, we published our Q1 Quarterly Review, which summarizes key electric vehicle (EV) policy and market developments in January, February, and March of 2024. As a reminder, we publish slide decks summarizing developments for each quarter here. Here’s three takeaways. Nearly $1.8 billion in public funding awarded [...]

Image Source: Shutterstock   The following digest was written by Atlas Policy Analyst, Daniel Wilkins Earlier this month, BloombergNEF published its annual Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO), which aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the future of electric vehicles (EVs), shared mobility, autonomous driving, and other transformative trends in road transport. This comprehensive report [...]

Image Source: Scott Dexter via Flickr Over the weekend, the United Auto Workers (UAW) Union ratified a new labor deal for workers at Ultium Cells’ electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Lordstown, Ohio. This development marks another significant step in efforts to unionize EV and EV battery factories. The agreement will serve nearly 1,600 [...]

Image Source: State Policy Dashboard On May 29th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its third round of funding through its Clean School Bus Program, this time awarding nearly $900 million to school districts across the country to transition to clean school buses. The EPA’s Clean School Bus Program is funded by the Bipartisan [...]

Image Source: Shutterstock Last week, the Biden administration opened the second round of applications for the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program, making available nearly $1.3 billion for electric vehicle (EV) charging and alternative-fueling infrastructure in urban and rural communities and along designated highways, interstates, and major roadways. For context, the CFI [...]

Image Source: ACT Expo 2024 Photo Gallery Last week, the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, a leading event showcasing the latest innovations in clean transportation, took place at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This annual conference attracts industry leaders, policymakers, and technology experts from around the world to discuss and exhibit cutting-edge solutions aimed [...]

Source: Shutterstock Last week, President Biden announced tariffs across a spread of Chinese imports, including electric vehicles (EVs), semiconductors, battery materials, and steel and aluminum in an effort to protect American leadership in booming manufacturing sectors across the globe. Experts say the tariffs have the potential to raise prices on imported EVs and battery [...]

Source: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee On April 30, 2024, Atlas founder Nick Nigro was a witness for a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. The hearing, It’s Electric: A Review of Fleet Electrification Efforts, covered a wide range of topics related to transportation [...]

The map above shows the status of states’ NEVI grant solicitation process as of May 3rd, 2024. Last week, EV giant Tesla made the controversial decision to axe most of its Supercharger team in addition to laying off 10 percent of its global workforce. In an X post, Musk stated that “Tesla still plans [...]