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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
This tells us which fleets are deploying electric vehicles, which types of these vehicles are being deployed, and where. In 2023, electric cargo vans represented over seven percent of new registrations nationally for this vehicle type. One indicator of this progress is the growing share of zero-emission truck and bus registrations.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 20, 2024
It turns out school buses are at the leading edge of the transition to electric heavy-duty vehicles. But just in case there was any doubt, UCS crunched the numbers to compare the different types of school buses from gasoline and diesel-powered option, to natural gas, electric and yes – even propane. Why not 100 percent?
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 30, 2024
Replacing gasoline with electricity greatly reduces the carbon emissions from driving. Based on where electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold, driving the average EV in the US produces global warming emissions equal to a hypothetical 94 mile per gallon gasoline car, or less than a third of the emissions of the average new gasoline car.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
With more electric vehicle choices than ever, EV sales in the US are hitting new heights. In just the first half of 2023, over 670,000 EVs were sold with over 80 percent of those fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEVs ). Finally, let’s look at driving an electric SUV in Idaho.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 29, 2023
We are about to enter the era of the electric truck. Sure, there are already a few thousand electric trucks and buses on US roads already. There has been, understandably, some anxiety about where all of these trucks will charge and how the electric grid will serve that new electrical load.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
electric vehicles (EVs) are sold in California. Since the Pavley Act passed in 2002, California has been a leader in cutting greenhouse gas emissions from new cars. Even today, a third of all new U.S. Getting here has been the result of a long regulatory process, which helped create a market for companies like Tesla.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 22, 2024
To address these dual needs, UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) and the UCLA Law Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment are today releasing the new report Fueling & Financing: Addressing the Urgent Challenges Facing Electric Heavy-Duty Vehicle Deployment.
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