Weekly Digest Archive

Source: EV Hub   We have just published our Quarterly Review of the EV Market for the third quarter (July through September of 2021). The slides cover a lot of ground and so I wanted to tell three stories buried in the numbers. But before I do, we continue to build out the slide deck to provide [...]

Source: Atlas Public Policy.    Atlas just released a study on the medium and heavy duty electric vehicle charging needed to get to full electrification. Electric trucks really matter: Almost 30 percent of ground transportation greenhouse gas emissions come from medium- and heavy-duty (MDHD) trucks, and they spew harmful air pollutants – often into low-income [...]

Everyone wants to talk about the cost of electric vehicles. The cost conversation most often starts with the price tag, but it is important that it doesn’t end there. New reporting from Jennifer Hiller and Andrew Mollica in the Wall Street Journal breaks down the costs of fueling an EV in 15 cities across [...]

Source: Wikicommons   Since 2017, we have focused much of our energy on pulling together data and insights on transportation, the largest sector for greenhouse gas emissions in the US economy. Now, with that experience in hand and a growing movement to “Electrify Everything”, we are building out our Hub portfolio. Welcome to the stage: Buildings [...]

Source: EV Hub   On Thursday afternoon last week, updated text of the Build Back Better Act was released. The framework is now a $1.75 trillion package with an additional $100 billion for immigration (down from $3.5 trillion total). The signature element is a $555 billion allocation for climate investments. For a sense of scale, according to E&E News this [...]

Source: U.S. Passenger Vehicle Electrification Infrastructure Assessment   I was talking to a friend recently. They were interested in buying an electric vehicle but were concerned at the prospect of getting stuck somewhere and not being able to charge. The challenge of providing adequate public charging is enormous. How enormous? $39 billion by [...]

Source: EV Hub   Tesla is headed to Austin, Texas. We touched on reasons for the move in the Digest last week. There is, as always, a catch. Texas is one of 17 states where automakers cannot sell directly to consumers. Reporting by the New York Times describes the experience of buying a Tesla in the [...]

Source: EV Hub   Over the past few weeks, automakers have yet again upped their commitment to electric vehicles. Last week, General Motors (GM) announced that it is building a new battery plant in the US. The facility is an addition to the Warren Tech Center in southeast Michigan and is slated to [...]

This figure plots percent of target installations against the percent of program term complete. Source: EV Hub. I know that some weeks it is hard to keep up with developments and so here is a summary of two new pieces of analysis from Atlas. The first piece of analysis was led by Nicole Lepre and looked at how [...]

New sales data are in. July 2021 was the second highest month on record behind a bumper month in June. More than 59,000 electric vehicles were sold across the country. July 2021 nearly doubled the previous high for July. Tesla captured 49 percent of the EV market share with sales of the Model 3 [...]

Source: Wikicommons As of now, the Build Back Better Act, or the Budget Reconciliation Bill, remains a collection of committee markups. Our understanding is that these documents will be pulled together into a single Budget Reconciliation Bill and that there will continue to be debate and amendments until a vote that may come at [...]

Source: TRAA Vehicle Identification Guide.   On Thursday September 8, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation A.4302/S.2758. The legislation sets a statutory goal for all new light-duty vehicles sold in the Empire State to be zero-emissions by 2035 and all new medium- and heavy-duty vehicles by 2045. At the same time, the Governor directed [...]