Biweekly Digest Archive

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 [...]

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 [...]