Electric Vehicles
Coverage of electric vehicle (EV) policy and use by government and consumers in the United States as jurisdictions increasingly incorporate electric cars, buses and other vehicles into government fleets to help meet climate change goals. Includes stories about electric vehicle infrastructure and battery development, hybrid vehicles, electric scooters and bikes.
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Rule changes from the Oregon state legislature mean electric bicycles in three classes are now legal for use on park roads – and along any trails that allow standard bicycles. They were previously limited to trails eight feet or wider. -
Toll road systems are modernizing with seamless payment portals and other forms of tech, enabling new options to make controlling congestion easy — and generate revenue other ways, as gas taxes decline.
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New York's mandates to have all new light-duty passenger vehicles be zero-emission by 2035 faces shortfalls in the state's battery charging infrastructure and the electrical grid needed to power it.
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States are beginning to offer such programs in a pay-as-you-go format, as an alternative to the flat fees attached to electric vehicle and other high miles-per-gallon cars that pay little or no gas taxes.
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A private university in Michigan will use a gift from Windrose Technology to expand its sustainability initiatives, including hosting guest speakers, organizing conferences and fostering industry partnerships.
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The Federal Highway Administration has announced plans to issue new guidance around the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. For now, the move halts aspects of the initiative.
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The city that has played a key role in the production of gasoline-powered vehicles is making plans to add the first electric vehicles to its municipal fleet and new charging stations for residents.
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A new report details how opening Tesla’s Supercharger network to all electric vehicles could increase the total number of available charging ports, without requiring the development of new sites.
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A carefully planned overhaul of bus fleets for St. Louis-area school districts is in limbo after an executive order from President Donald Trump paused previously allocated spending on clean energy initiatives.
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The Pioneer Valley Transit Authority is looking to expand its headquarters ahead of a methodic conversion to electric buses. The move will facilitate consolidating maintenance and operations in one location.
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President Trump has promised to roll back aspirational carbon emission regulations aiming to incentivize domestic EV production as well as detailed policy changes he wants to push through Congress.
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Springfield, which has one of the highest rates of asthma in the U.S., will use a $6.6 million federal grant to start phasing out its fleet of 145 standard-size diesel buses in favor of electric ones.
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A project to explore use of the small, electric vehicles could be paused by a recent federal memo. Its funding source is a grant from the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation.
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According to city officials, the Chevy Blazer PPV is one of the first electric police pursuit vehicles to be placed in service in a local department in the state of Michigan.
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As EV manufacturing grows in the state, purchasing the vehicles could become more expensive if federal lawmakers lessen or even remove the tax credit, a stated goal of President Donald Trump.
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Tens of millions of dollars promised to Michigan for electric vehicle charging programs are among the federal grants in peril after President Trump ordered agencies to "immediately pause" payments.
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The U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation has awarded funding to 25 projects, to advance the use of electrified urban transportation. The money is intended to expand at-home charging and electrified fleets.
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As many as 350 electric vehicle charging stations could go in to State University of New York campuses as a result of $15 million in recently announced federal funding. The stations will be spread across its 64 campuses.
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California saw some of its steepest reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, which has long been the single largest source of climate-warming pollution. Meanwhile, its economy grew.
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Nearly $2.3 million from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy will help Lawrence Technological University devise automated systems to disassemble consumer and electric vehicle batteries.
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A massive car-charging plaza is being developed in California, while Colorado is moving forward with a high-speed charging network. And the electric vehicle industry is gravitating toward a single charging standard.
