Weekly Digest Archive

In a fresh new report produced in partnership with the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), my colleagues Spencer Burget, Sophie Latham, and Matthew Vining assessed the state of play for heavy-duty (HD) zero-emission (ZEV) manufacturing in the United States. Here were three key takeaways: 86 percent of HD vehicle manufacturing facilities in the [...]

2024 is off with a bang. Last week, the Biden administration announced a hefty $623 million award package as part of the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program. To recap, the CFI program funnels $2.5 billion of funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act over five years to build out charging [...]

Electric trucks and buses are a nascent technology, and their benefits for public health and the climate are profound. However, concerns about their performance during cold weather have been top of mind for those leading deployment efforts. In particular, cold weather reduces the typical range of a battery-electric vehicle. To address this valid issue, [...]

Source: Shutterstock 2023 was a productive year for transportation electrification, and as we bring in the new year, we can only expect that momentum to continue. To reflect on last year and look ahead to 2024, I chatted with some of my colleagues at Atlas who contribute to a spread of meaningful electric [...]

The map above shows the status of states’ NEVI grant solicitation process as of December 15th, 2023. On December 8th, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced the opening of the nation’s first electric vehicle (EV) charging station funded through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. Located at a Pilot Travel Center west of Columbus [...]

Source: EV Hub   Today, we published our Q3 Quarterly Review, which packages up key electric vehicle (EV) policy and market developments in July, August, and September of this year. As a reminder, you can view the slide decks for each quarterly review here. Below are three key EV developments from Q3: First, [...]

Last week, Delaware became the latest state to take regulatory action to accelerate electric vehicle adoption (EV) by adopting California’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulation. Approved by the state last Wednesday, Delaware’s regulation will require automakers to deliver an increasing percentage of zero-emission vehicles, starting with 43 percent in model year 2027. [...]

Source: Automakers Dashboard It’s time to queue Earth, Wind & Fire because we just received September 2023 light duty electric vehicle (EV) sales data. September boasts the strongest month on record with some dizzying numbers. Nearly 136,000 light-duty EVs were sold in September 2023 – up 67 percent from last September. After months of [...]

Source: EV Jobs Hub   As of November 17, 2023, there has been $173 billion in investments in electric vehicle and battery manufacturing, leading to 212,000 announced jobs in the United States. The rate of change since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been dramatic. In the 11 years before [...]

The map above depicts funding progress across four IIJA programs: Buses and Bus Facilities, Clean School Bus, NEVI, and Low-No. Source: State Policy Dashboard Today is the two-year anniversary of the historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. IIJA was signed into law on November 15th, 2021, [...]

The map above covers the state of NEVI grant applications, both historical and current, through November 3rd. Source: NEVI Dashboard On October 18th, 2023, Ohio broke ground on the nation’s first electric vehicle (EV) charger funded by the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. This comes just a month before the two-year anniversary of [...]

Congresswoman Yvette Clarke delivers a Keynote Address at the National E-Mobility Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference.   Last week, my colleagues Matthew Vining, Katherine Shok and I had the opportunity to attend the National E-Mobility Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (NEMDEI) conference hosted by EVNoire. The conference was a two-day affair. On the first [...]