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...
2022 has been a defining year for the climate tech industry, with the Inflation Reduction Act marking the single largest investment in climate and energy policy in the United States’ history, with automakers simultaneously investing billions across the board to bring better fossil fuel alternative offerings to market. Bolstered by...
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...
In our newsletter last month, we published an overview of the state of the green jobs industry, with the main takeaway being that green jobs are becoming an increasingly common faction of nearly all industries. The Department of Energy estimates that nearly 40% of energy jobs are net-zero aligned, which...