Weekly Digest Archive

Image Source: Shutterstock Last Friday marked the two-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which has proven to be one of the most significant pieces of federal climate legislation in U.S. history. IRA has unlocked billions of dollars across various clean energy programs, creating jobs and generating climate benefits. While the Infrastructure Investment [...]

Source: EV Manufacturing Investments Dashboard Last week, in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Atlas Public Policy published a new data story that explores announced electric vehicle (EV) and battery manufacturing investments across the United States, Asia, Europe, and other regions of the world. In this latest analysis, Atlas delved into the most recent press [...]

Source: Shutterstock Atlas Public Policy, in partnership with the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), led a series of in-depth interviews with 10 electric vehicle service providers (EVSP) and site hosts who applied for National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program funding, alongside additional interviews [...]

Image Data Source: Environmental Protection Agency  Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a historic $4.3 billion through the Implementation Phase of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program. This initiative, authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), provides nearly $5 billion in grants to states, local governments, tribes, and territories. The primary goal is to [...]

Image Source: State Policy Dashboard On July 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced another $1.5 billion for 117 transit bus projects across 47 states as part of the third round of funding for the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities and Low-and No-Emission Programs. For an overview of the second round of funding, check out [...]

Image Source: Shutterstock Last week, the Biden administration announced $1.7 billion of awards from the  Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to convert eleven shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities into electric vehicle (EV) and EV components manufacturing sites. The facilities are in eight states: Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, and Virginia. [...]

Image Source: Shutterstock Over the past few months, in partnership with the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), we published the first three in a series of case studies on Round One of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program in Alaska, [...]

Source: Q1 Quarterly Review Hot off the press, we published our Q1 Quarterly Review, which summarizes key electric vehicle (EV) policy and market developments in January, February, and March of 2024. As a reminder, we publish slide decks summarizing developments for each quarter here. Here’s three takeaways. Nearly $1.8 billion in public funding awarded [...]

Image Source: Shutterstock   The following digest was written by Atlas Policy Analyst, Daniel Wilkins Earlier this month, BloombergNEF published its annual Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO), which aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the future of electric vehicles (EVs), shared mobility, autonomous driving, and other transformative trends in road transport. This comprehensive report [...]

Image Source: Scott Dexter via Flickr Over the weekend, the United Auto Workers (UAW) Union ratified a new labor deal for workers at Ultium Cells’ electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Lordstown, Ohio. This development marks another significant step in efforts to unionize EV and EV battery factories. The agreement will serve nearly 1,600 [...]

Image Source: State Policy Dashboard On May 29th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its third round of funding through its Clean School Bus Program, this time awarding nearly $900 million to school districts across the country to transition to clean school buses. The EPA’s Clean School Bus Program is funded by the Bipartisan [...]

Image Source: Shutterstock Last week, the Biden administration opened the second round of applications for the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program, making available nearly $1.3 billion for electric vehicle (EV) charging and alternative-fueling infrastructure in urban and rural communities and along designated highways, interstates, and major roadways. For context, the CFI [...]