Despite recent economic woes and soaring inflation across nearly all goods and services, the trend of buyers converting to electric vehicles― battery or hybrid― hasn’t slowed down a bit in the first half of this year. In fact, all notable metrics point to the exact opposite: BEV and PHEV purchases...
With 35 state plans to build out EV charging infrastructure approved by the federal government last week, parking lots and garages across the United States will soon be seeing a major increase in charging stations over the next five years. With this funding roll-out requiring new specifications for charging station...
All EV enthusiasts― or those with even the most cursory knowledge of the field― are familiar with range anxiety. It’s an oft-discussed feeling of unease that drivers have when they contemplate running out of battery power before reaching their destination or an adequate charging station. The phobia plagues headlines and...
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved “first-in-nation ZEV regulation” earlier this week in Sacramento, which establishes a roadmap to phase out the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) by the year 2035. The rule aims for “100% of new cars and light trucks sold in California” to...
Earlier this week, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, marking the “largest federal clean energy investment in U.S. history,” at an estimated $300 billion. According to the White House, greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by a billion metric tons over time, 950 million solar panels and...
Last week, the state of California announced new submetering protocols for residential EV charging. This change will allow residential EV owners to charge their cars at a lower kWh price than the rate billed for power used in other capacities without the need of additional, costly equipment to measure EV-specific...
It’s no secret that the conversation surrounding the positive effects of mass electric vehicle adoption primarily revolves around reducing environmental impacts relating to the climate. However, the state of California’s very public attempt to combat climate change, while a definitive net positive, eschews a supplementary effect of mass EV adoption:...
We’ve already covered several reasons why consumers put off the conversion to electric vehicles. Major factors include dreaded range anxiety or the misinformed belief that electric vehicles are always more expensive than internal combustion engines. These concerns are alleviated easily enough when the available data is examined, often reorienting EVs...
When we think about the conversion from a fossil fuel-reliant fleet to one powered by electricity, a lot of us probably envision some version of already-existent gasoline fueling architecture: Sleek electric chargers replace pumps, the long charging hose reminiscent of those used to pump gasoline in the distant past.
With boons to the EV industry over the last several years, it’s easy to believe that the United States is on a path to be an electrified superstar. Tesla, an undebatable giant in the EV world, is based primarily in the United States and produces the majority of its cars...