Weekly Digest Archive

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 [...]

Ensuring electric vehicle charger reliability is critical as we aim to significantly ramp up charger deployment through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. Likewise, identifying ways to measure reliability and performance of EV chargers is equally as important to ensure successful deployment, which we’ve previously discussed in a previous digest. This past June, [...]

Source: Automakers Dashboard August light-duty electric vehicle (EV) sales are now in, so what better way to welcome in autumn than an end-of-summer recap? August marks the third month in a row with a light-duty EV market share hovering around 10 percent, further solidifying the direction of the EV market. The nearly 123,000 light-duty [...]

Source: NACFE   Interest in freight electrification has swelled recently as the Environmental Protection Agency takes aim at the medium- and heavy-duty trucks which make up less than five percent of vehicles on the road, but account for about seven percent of overall U.S. emissions. However, many questions remain about the real-world capabilities [...]

Source: EV Hub   One of the biggest challenges facing electric vehicle (EV) drivers is the inconvenience of pulling up to a public charging station only to find that the charger is not functional. We’ve covered the issue of charger reliability in depth in an earlier digest. Since then, research from J.D. Power [...]

Image Source: Beyond DC   Last week, the District of Columbia (D.C.) Council unanimously approved legislation for an income-based financial incentive program for electric bikes, or e-bikes, and is headed to Mayor Bowser’s desk for her signature. As part of this package, income-qualified residents can receive up to $2,000 in the form of [...]

Image Source: Flickr  Last Friday, nearly 13,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) members went on strike simultaneously at three facilities against the Detroit Three– General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis – over failure to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement. UAW members had previously held strikes against a single auto company, but going on strike against [...]

Source :Transportation Electrification in the Southeast: 2023 Last week, my colleagues Tom Taylor, Matthew Vining, and I published the fourth annual “Transportation Electrification in the Southeast” report in partnership with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE). The report benchmarks transportation electrification progress in the Southeast (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina) [...]

Source: EV Hub   Today, we published our Q2 Quarterly Review, which packages up key electric vehicle (EV) policy and market developments in April, May, and June of this year. As a reminder, you can view the slide decks for each quarterly review here. Here’s what caught our eye in Q2: U.S. EV [...]

The map above covers the state of NEVI grant applications, both historical and current, through August 2023. Source: NEVI Dashboard It’s been a busy year for states for the implementation of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. Not only were Year 2 plans due to the Federal Highway Administration on August 1st, 2023, [...]

Source: EV Hub   June once again proves to be a hot month for electric vehicle (EV) sales. June 2023 recorded the highest-ever EV sales for any single month; the 127,000 EVs sold represented a 10 percent light-duty EV market share, and a 41 percent increase from June 2022 (approximately 90,000 EV sales). [...]

  Average battery electric vehicle fees by state (2023) This digest was written by Nate Graham, Policy Intern at Atlas Public Policy.  Thirty-four states have now passed additional annual registration fees for electric vehicles, largely to compensate for the gas taxes they do not pay. True, motor-fuel taxes have failed to keep up with [...]