California
Expanding access to EV chargers, making a plan for used electric vehicle batteries and researching other solutions are practical steps that state policymakers in red, blue and purple states can make to ensure that the planet is better off tomorrow, writes California state Sen. Ben Allen, chair of the Senate's Environmental Quality Committee. Governing
Delaware
Members of the Delaware GOP have filed a complaint against the state's environmental agency over the recently approved electric vehicle mandate, the Advance Clean Car II Act, which requires automobile manufacturers to deliver an increased percentage of new zero-emission vehicles to Delaware each year. Starting in model year 2027, 43% of new cars and trucks sent to Delaware must be zero-emission vehicles. This percentage will gradually increase to 82% by 2032. The mandate is set to expire by model year 2033. Delaware News Journal
International
Without confirming the report, Canadian industry minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told Canada's Global News that it reflected the country's growing reputation as a leader in attracting green investment in the auto industry. Clean Technica
International
A nuclear fusion startup backed by Honda Motor plans to use mini fusion power generation facilities as charging stations for electric vehicles, signaling how development of the long-hoped-for energy source is accelerating. Israeli startup NT-Tao will manufacture demonstration facilities by 2029 and aims to commercialize them in the 2030s. Nikkei Asia
Montana
Montana has 120 of the country's roughly 60,500 public access EV charging stations, and the state and local governments are working to bolster that. Two recently built charging stations were funded by a Charge Your Ride grant from the state Department of Environmental Quality, and Montana DEQ energy resource professional Neal Ullman said the goal broadly is to create a "statewide network of fast-charging locations along certain designated alternative fuel corridors." KTVH
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania should be a forward-looking leader of the 21st-century clean energy economy, rather than a regressive Luddite holding back the inevitable, writes Greg Alvarez deputy director of communications at Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, a nonpartisan climate and energy think tank. The state's asthmatic children will thank us for it, he says. The Philadelphia Inquirer
Tennessee
Going green is costing electric vehicle drivers in Tennessee starting this year because of the state's Transportation Modernization Act of 2023. All-electric vehicles use no gas, so to offset gas tax revenue lost from them, the state is requiring higher registration and renewal fees. The Tennesseean
U.S.
For EV chargers to take off in disadvantaged communities, we'll need public-sector support -- and private-sector innovation to make the economics work. Canary Media
U.S.
No matter what the incentives for installing an EV charger, very few businesses will enter this marketplace if selling the product leads to significant charges that aren't made up for with revenue, writes Chris Kaiser, vice president of business operations for Sona Energy. Utility Dive
U.S.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a federally funded R&D center that focuses on sustainable energy solutions, recently announced a hardline ban on bringing electric bicycles into its building due to safety concerns. Instead, the NREL has "worked to implement outdoor charging locations, at a reasonable distance from building entrances." Electrek
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