Electric Vehicles

A new transportation plan in Washington sets a goal to phase out all gas-powered vehicles and to only allow the sale of electric vehicles by 2030. This timeline is even more aggressive than California’s 2035 deadline.

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Experts from the world of autonomous vehicles weighed in on when we might see the personal self-driving car appear at our doorsteps, and some of the other use cases on the more immediate horizon.

Electric buses, though costly, are beginning to make up more and more of the U.S. transit fleet. Here's a tool where you can look up how many electric buses a transit agency has, as well as how much it's driving them.

The state’s plan has a goal of removing all internal-combustion vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 8,501 pounds from Colorado roads by 2050, replacing them with zero-emission electric vehicles.

The Antelope Valley Transit Authority in Southern California has become the first public transit agency in the nation with a fully electric fleet, saving the agency millions of dollars in operating and other costs.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is set to have a record-high budget of $142 billion as the sprawling agency ramps up infrastructure spending on roads, bridges, rail lines, ports and more.

The transition to electric vehicles and clean electricity could generate an estimated $3.9 billion in public health benefits — and prevent 356 premature deaths — in New Hampshire by 2050, according to a new report.

New Jersey's first electric bus charging equipment has been installed at the Newton Bus garage in Camden. The finished project represents a milestone in the journey toward zero-emission buses.

Snowplows in Syracuse, N.Y., have been equipped with fleet management technology from Samsara to improve snow removal operations and give residents a real-time picture of the city’s street conditions.

According to a U.S. Department of Energy calculator, electric and hybrid vehicles are easily cheaper to run than gas-only vehicles, but consumers should also think about the total cost of their vehicles, experts say.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is set to begin a six-month pilot to deploy and test several electric service trucks, with the aim to eventually decarbonize its entire 1,000 vehicle fleet.

Bicycle and transportation researchers in Nashville, Tenn., are pointing to the growing phenomenon of electric bikes as the Music City develops its multimodal approach to transportation.

University of Michigan researchers partnered with Ford Motor Company to study carbon emissions over the life of both electric vehicles and internal-combustion engines across the United States.

The Annapolis City Council has unanimously agreed to spend $1.5 million on an electric ferry and the infrastructure needed to support it. The city also plans to purchase other electric vehicles.

In December, Gov. Jay Inslee's budget proposed $100M to subsidize the purchase of electric vehicles. The Legislature has reduced that figure substantially, opting to focus on new charging infrastructure instead.

For all of the incentives to aid in the purchase of an electric vehicle in California, dealers and buyers are asking for them to be easier to find, streamlined and available at the time of purchase.

New research from the Argonne National Laboratory shows that greenhouse gas emissions are consistently less with EVs than gas-powered cars — even when the utility supplying their energy is using coal to generate it.