Weekly Digest Archive

Source: EV Hub   We just got our hands on electric vehicle (EV) sales data from May 2023, which means another set of stories. During May, just over 118,000 light-duty EVs were sold representing 8.9 percent of the new light-duty sales market. May’s EV sales were not only the most in any month [...]

Today, we released a first-of-its-kind report examining state approaches in implementing Justice40 through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. In partnership with Evergreen Collaborative, EVHybridNoire and GreenLatinos, my colleague Tom Taylor and I examined racial and economic equity during the first round of NEVI through two different lenses: a public engagement analysis and [...]

Source: EV Hub   Last week was a big week for clean bus enthusiasts like me. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded $1.7 billion of funding from the Buses and Bus Facilities and Low- and No-Emission (Low-No) Vehicle programs bolstered by record funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs [...]

Source: Ford Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment for a $9.2 billion loan to BlueOval SK (BOSK) for the production of EV batteries. If finalized, the commitment would represent LPO’s single largest loan to date for domestic EV battery manufacturing. In particular, the conditional commitment [...]

Source: Unsplash   On Thursday, June 8th, CEO Mary Barra announced that General Motors (GM) is joining Ford to adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) in new EV models. Beginning in 2024, GM EV drivers will have full access to Tesla’s network of more than 12,000 Superchargers, and in 2025, NACS will [...]

Source: EV Hub   Funding through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program is taking shape, and throughout this year, we’ve been keeping a close eye on how states are preparing to put chargers in the ground. But first, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently released new information regarding the next year of [...]

Source: Unsplash   Fresh off the press, Toyota recently announced new developments to accelerate the company’s renewed vehicle electrification efforts. First, the company announced last week that it will be investing $2.1 billion in its North Carolina battery manufacturing plant, raising Toyota’s total EV investment in North Carolina to nearly $6 billion. Slated [...]

Source: EV Hub   We just published our Q1 Quarterly Review (covering January, February, and March 2023). The slides bring together key developments from the EV market and policy space. As a reminder, you can view the slide decks for each quarterly review here. Here are three stories from Q1. Q1 2023 EV [...]

In the map above, the darker-shaded states represent a higher number of proposed laws.  For all the policy wonks and EV advocates, it’s time for another legislative update. Since our last update in March, we’ve captured a ton of new EV-related bills moving through State legislatures. Here are a few trends that caught [...]

Source: EV Hub   Last week, Rhode Island’s Governor Dan McKee announced the state will be moving forward with phasing out the sale of new gas-powered light-duty cars and trucks by 2035 – a pivotal move to eliminate tailpipe emissions and commit to cleaner transportation on the roads. Rhode Island joins the growing [...]

Source: EV Hub   It’s been a minute since we talked about battery investments in detail in a digest, and with the recent General Motors (GM) and Samsung SDI joint venture announcement, we’re due for a 2023 round up. In case you missed it in last week’s piece, GM and Samsung SDI announced [...]

Source: EV Hub   In a contentious move, General Motors (GM) recently announced that the company will axe production of its popular Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV models after this year. While briefing investors on quarterly earnings last Tuesday, CEO Mary Barra noted that the automaker will retool its Bolt-producing Michigan plant to [...]