Weekly Digest Archive

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is continuing its historic momentum enforcing vehicle pollution standards in the United States, this time focusing on commercial trucks and buses. On Friday morning, the EPA published its final ‘Phase 3’ standards to regulate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of new on-road commercial vehicles sold in the U.S. Beginning [...]

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final standards to regulate the emissions of new light- and medium-duty vehicles sold in the United States, a move that aims to drastically minimize the impact of air pollution resulting from motor vehicles on public health and the climate. The final rule enforces the strongest-ever [...]

The following digest was written by Atlas Policy Analyst Daniel Wilkins. Last week, we published a new analysis comparing the total cost of ownership (TCO) between five of the most popular gasoline powered models in the United States and an electric equivalent. Our analysis found that in every case, EVs today can deliver savings [...]

Source: Q4 Quarterly Review Last week, we published our Q4 Quarterly Review, which summarizes key electric vehicle (EV) policy and market developments in October, November, and December of 2023. As a reminder, we publish slide decks summarizing developments for each quarter here. Below are the big takeaways from Q4 2023. First, nearly 384,000 light-duty [...]

Source: Clean Economy Tracker   Investments in the U.S. domestic clean energy economy have soared to unprecedented levels, thanks in part to two landmark climate laws: the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). A new tool by Atlas Public Policy and Utah State University brings together announced [...]

2023 was a stellar year for the electric vehicle (EV) market, and data from December affirmed the positive direction of where the EV market is headed. Nearly 12 percent of new light-duty vehicles sold in the United States in December 2023 were EVs, a market record.  In total, the month saw over 148,000 light-duty [...]

This digest was written by Policy Analyst Daniel Wilkins. In collaboration with the Electrification Coalition, Atlas is thrilled to introduce a new dashboard dedicated to advancing the understating of freight vehicle electrification in the United States. The Electric Freight Dashboard brings together the many facets of freight electrification from the availability of funding to [...]

Last month, the Federal Highway Administration (FWHA) announced the grant recipients for the first round of the Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator Grant Program. To give a refresher, funds for the EV Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator come from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. While the majority of NEVI [...]

Source: EV Hub   Last week, the Powering America’s Commercial Transportation (PACT) coalition launched in Washington D.C., serving as a fresh unified voice for zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty (MDHD) infrastructure in the United States. Established by industry leaders, Daimler Truck North America, Navistar, Inc., and Volvo Group North America, PACT aims to bring [...]

Electric vehicle (EV) fees are a hot button topic, and as consumer adoption of EVs significantly accelerates across a number of markets, states are now attempting to reconcile losses of gas tax revenue. As such, EV drivers are subject to several fees that are intended to replace gas fees, including annual registration fees and [...]

In a fresh new report produced in partnership with the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), my colleagues Spencer Burget, Sophie Latham, and Matthew Vining assessed the state of play for heavy-duty (HD) zero-emission (ZEV) manufacturing in the United States. Here were three key takeaways: 86 percent of HD vehicle manufacturing facilities in the [...]

2024 is off with a bang. Last week, the Biden administration announced a hefty $623 million award package as part of the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program. To recap, the CFI program funnels $2.5 billion of funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act over five years to build out charging [...]