Electric Vehicles

Residents with new homes in 2023 in Marin County, CA will do their cooking with electric appliances after the Board of Supervisors in November voted to ban natural gas hookups in new buildings.  The county, a peninsula sandwiched between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, is expected to adopt Ordinance No. 3776 in January.…

New York, following the green trail of California, last month adopted several measures to speed up the state’s adoption of electric vehicles (EV) and zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV).  Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) urged the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to issue regulations that would require all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state…

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has handed the keys to states and territories for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, opening the door for $1.5 billion through 2023 to build out electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. “America led the original automotive revolution in the last century, and today, thanks to the historic…

Permian Basin oil and natural gas operators and oilfield services companies curious about fleet electrification can try out fully electric pickup trucks under a pilot program launched by Merge Electric Fleet Solutions. “It’s not realistic to replace 100% of the trucks in a corporate fleet immediately, especially in a geographic area as big as the…

Already leading the United States in most electric vehicles (EV) registered, California had more than 1,900 medium- and heavy-duty zero emissions vehicles (ZEV) on the state’s roads as of July, according to regulators.  In the fall of 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order (EO) requiring all new vehicle sales be ZEVs by 2035,…

Hydrogen and electric car batteries vaulted to the top of the Canadian and German energy trade agenda in agreements announced Tuesday to focus on environmental goals instead of immediate needs for LNG to replace Russian supplies. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, flanked by members of their cabinets, unveiled a Canada-Germany…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week turned up the heat on climate change initiatives with a letter to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in which he stressed state agencies to prepare for an energy transition that involves no new natural gas plants.  “The state’s draft carbon neutrality road map doesn’t go far enough or…

A coalition of 17 states, Washington, DC, and Quebec released last week an action plan to tackle transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by calling for a “whole-of-government” approach to electrifying 100% of medium- and heavy-duty vehicle (MHDV) sales by 2050.  Together, the jurisdictions make up 36% of the nation’s total MHDVs. According to the plan,…

As U.S. consumers warm to the prospect of purchasing a battery-powered electric vehicle (BEV), the Biden administration said it may propose a system that would push states and municipalities to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.  Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking…