Electric Vehicles
Coverage of electric vehicle (EV) policy and use by government and consumers in the United States as jurisdictions increasingly incorporate electric cars, buses and other vehicles into government fleets to help meet climate change goals. Includes stories about electric vehicle infrastructure and battery development, hybrid vehicles, electric scooters and bikes.
A poll of 600 likely voters in the November general election found more than half felt it important for the state to become the center of electric vehicle manufacturing — but only about one-quarter would consider buying an EV.
A new report on micromobility ridership in 2023 from the National Association of City Transportation Officials examines trends in the use of shared bikes and scooters, in the U.S. and Canada.
Acadia National Park had no electric bicycles on its carriage roads as recently as five years ago. Today, that’s a different story. Fully half of the bicycles rolling along its scenic roads today are e-bikes, officials said.
East Lansing-based ADASTEC will bring the vehicle to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore within the week, then program and test it with a safety driver. Lakeshore tours on the bus will be available starting in mid-August.
Across the state, voters in five districts nixed buying electric school buses and instead approved buying traditional ones. Even voters in progressive-leaning Ithaca agreed to buy just two.
The South Pasadena Police Department is now comprised of 20 Tesla vehicles, a transition that is nearly complete. As electrifying fleets rises in popularity, the force is among the first in the nation to go all electric.
GreenWealth Energy and Voltpost will expand low-speed, dwell charging at multifamily housing locations and curbside, to make electric vehicles a more workable solution for renters and people with lower incomes.
On an empty site where a motor home factory previously stood, Georgia bus maker Blue Bird is now building a 600,000-square-foot, 400-worker factory to produce electric school buses.
In the year’s second quarter, 704 EV charging stations came online nationwide — bringing the total number of public fast-charging sites to nearly 9,000. At this rate, they will outnumber U.S. gas stations inside a decade.
Traveling across the West in an electric car turned out to have unexpected thrills, and occasional frustrations. Our reporter found that the chargers were out there — but connecting with them sometimes meant taking the long way around.
