California
California officials are still trying to figure out how to pay for road maintenance once electric vehicles dominate and gas tax revenue dries up, so they're offering drivers up to $400 to test alternatives. Los Angeles Times
California
The deal aims to make it easier for residents to own electric cars, help reduce local greenhouse gas emissions and help the city replace its 5,000-vehicle gas-powered fleet. La Jolla Light
California
Conservative lawmakers say they want the state's EV market to succeed and aren't paying attention to former President Donald Trump's rhetoric. E&E News
Colorado
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis had harsh words for President Joe Biden's move to sharply increase tariffs on many Chinese-made goods. Polis, a moderate Democrat who has often been at odds with members of his party over issues of taxation and regulation, joins free-trade advocates and some progressive environmental groups in criticizing the tariff hikes. Colorado Newsline
Georgia
Gov. Brian Kemp has signed House Bill 516, which gives stakeholders like the Department of Agriculture, the entity overseeing the gas pump tax, more time to figure out how to implement a way to accurately measure and pay for this tax at all public EV charging stations. The Ledger-Enquirer
International
President Biden's electric vehicle tariffs are meant to buy U.S. industry time to compete, but even with more time, the future will be complicated. Automakers and auto suppliers selling in the U.S. will have to figure out how to stay afloat even as they continue to pour billions into electric vehicle and battery development. And while U.S. electric vehicle sales are going up, their growth has slowed. WIRED
International
President Joe Biden is to announce new China tariffs soon, targeting sectors including electric vehicles, medical supplies and solar equipment, according to people familiar with the matter. Reuters
International
To accomplish its domestic goals, the Biden administration ought to be taxing China for its soaring carbon emissions, not for its electric vehicles and solar panels, write Gernot Wagner and Conor Walsh, a climate economist and macroeconomist, respectively, at Columbia Business School. The New York Times
International
President Biden is to quadruple tariffs on Chinese EVs to protect the U.S. auto industry from the rapid growth of Chinese EV manufacturing, but instead, he should try making affordable hot new EVs, writes electric car driver Jameson Dow. Electrek
International
Biden's national economic adviser, Lael Brainard, perhaps best summed up the purpose of the huge new tariffs when she said that they would ensure that government investments in jobs are not undercut by "underpriced exports from China." The Guardian
Maryland
A five-year program by Maryland utilities to support electric vehicles lost far more money than it gained and should be mostly discontinued, according to an independent state agency. E&E News
Michigan
After announcing plans to delay around $12 billion in EV spending last year, Ford has continued to push back EV initiatives, citing slower-than-expected market demand. Electrek
Nebraska
A bill passed in this year's Nebraska legislative session may increase the number of electric vehicle charging stations in the state, according to electric vehicle lobbying group Charge Ahead Partnership. Nebraska Public Media
North Carolina
Electric vehicle manufacturers are ramping up production to meet the federal government's 2030 deadline. By then, half of all new vehicles sold in the United States will have to be zero emissions. The North Carolina Department of Transportation has embarked on a journey to make this technology more attainable and accessible to all. WCNC
Ohio
Ohio is becoming more electric vehicle-friendly after phase two of the Gov. Mike DeWine's plan to install more EV charging sites statewide was announced. The state will award nearly $16 million to install 22 new EV fast-charging stations along Ohio's interstates, state routes and U.S. routes WSYX
U.S.
Electric vehicles are being adopted at the fastest rate inside blue-leaning major metropolitan areas, but counties that Donald Trump won in 2020 are receiving the most private investment, and the jobs associated with it, in new EV-production facilities, according to a Brookings Metro analysis. The Atlantic
U.S.
As electric vehicle sales reached an all-time high last year, the automotive industry's spending on federal lobbying hit a record of nearly $85.8 million after a steady increase since 2020. In the first quarter of 2024, the industry's federal lobbying spending topped $23.1 million. OpenSecrets
U.S.
Electric vehicle skeptics are numerous today. They won't be by the end of the decade. Kelley Blue Book parent company Cox Automotive draws this conclusion in a new study, the 2024 Path to EV Adoption. The study finds that most EV skeptics will consider buying a battery-powered vehicle within three to five years, and 80% will consider an EV within a decade. Kelley Blue Book
U.S.
The share of electric and hybrid vehicle sales in the United States decreased in the first quarter of 2024 as battery electric vehicle sales declined. Hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and BEVs fell to 18.0% of total new light-duty vehicle sales in the United States in the first quarter of 2024 from 18.8% in 4Q23, according to estimates from Wards Intelligence. U.S. Energy Information Administration
Wyoming
Wyoming Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis have sponsored a pair of bills that lay siege to EVs on multiple fronts. The first aims to end the federal tax credit for new electric vehicles and abolish the investment tax credit for electric vehicle charging stations. The second would block the Biden administration's electric vehicle mandates by stripping EPA of its authority to regulate tailpipe emissions under Title II of the Clean Air Act. Casper Star-Tribune
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