Weekly Digest Archive

Source: EV Hub   Last week, November 2022 sales data came in and so did some new automaker developments. EV sales had its third highest month in November, with nearly 86,000 EV sales and an 8.2 percent light-duty market share. Of course, Tesla accounted for the highest share of those sales with approximately [...]

Source: EV Hub   Last week, Atlas Public Policy analysts Spencer Burget, Noah Gabriel, and Nicole Lepre partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Council to publish a new data story that details the announced electric vehicle (EV) and battery manufacturing investments in the United States, Asia, Europe, and the rest of the world. [...]

Source: EV Hub   The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) unlocked billions in funding for EV-related projects. More than a year on from the signing of the Act, we are starting to see this funding roll out the door. At EV Hub, we are keeping [...]

Source: RyKing Uploads on Unsplash   Last week, the Consumer Technology Association hosted its annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. This trade show is touted as the “most influential tech event in the world” and showcases new emerging and breakthrough technologies across several product categories, including electric vehicle technology. This year, prominent automakers [...]

Source: USPS Office of Inspector General   There is no doubt that 2022 was a big year for EVs. We witnessed the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act which provides billions of dollars in funding for electric vehicles, the beginnings of a nationwide charging network through National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program, several states [...]

Photo by Michael Marais on Unsplash  For the last digest of the year, I took some time to chat with my colleagues and reflect on the year. In this piece, we hear from Atlas policy analysts Nicole Lepre and Tom Taylor, senior policy analysts James Di Filippo and Rob Fitzgerald, and founder Nick Nigro. [...]

Image Source: Electric Truck & Bus Challenge Last month, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the highly anticipated winners of the New York Clean Transportation Prizes, allocating a total of $85 million across ten different clean transportation projects in underserved communities across the state. The Governor touted the awards as the “most significant investment yet in [...]

Last week, my colleague, Noah Gabriel and I, released a report we had been working on for some time. The report, The EV Transition: Key Market and Supply Chain Enablers, was supported by the Alliance for Automotive Innovation. We note it in the report but want to re-iterate our thanks to Emily Burlinghaus from [...]

In the map, deep blue refers to states where the rule has been adopted and light blue refers to states where the rule is near adoption.   The Vermont legislature recently approved two very significant transportation electrification regulations - Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) and Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT). The Secretary of State [...]

Source: EV Hub   We have just published our Q3 Quarterly Review (for July, August, and September 2022). The slides bring together key developments from the EV market. Here are three stories that caught our eye.   EV Sales break record We once again see a record-breaking quarter for EV sales. Below are numbers that [...]

Source: EV Hub   Curious about how utilities are investing in transportation electrification programs? We’ve got you covered. At Atlas EV Hub, our Electric Utility Filings dashboard tracks the status of various regulatory commission filings by investor-owned utilities (IOU) from their initial proposal to the final decision. Filings are distinguished by charging programs [...]

Image Source: U.S. Access Board   As National Disability Employment Awareness Month draws to a close, we wanted to highlight a crucial but often overlooked aspect of transportation electrification: the accessibility of EV charging stations. According to the CDC, one out of every four Americans lives with some form of disability including 14 [...]