The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on proposed minimum standards and requirements for projects funded under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. These minimum standards should help ensure the national EV charging network is user-friendly, reliable, and accessible to all Americans, and interoperable […]
New York Announces 22 Large Scale Energy Projects
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced 22 large-scale solar and energy storage projects that should deliver enough clean, affordable energy to power over 620,000 New York homes for at least 20 years. These projects seek to spur over $2.7 billion in private investment and create over 3,000 short- and long-term jobs across the state. The […]
ATRI Releases 2022 New Research Priorities
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) Board of Directors has approved the 2022 Top Research Priorities, as identified by ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee (RAC). ATRI’s RAC developed the list of recommended research topics which the ATRI Board reviewed and approved. ATRI’s RAC selected research topics that are focused on impacts on the industry’s workforce, operational impacts from predatory towing, […]
2022 NOI for Advanced Vehicle Technologies Funding
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office just announced its Notice of Intent (NOI) for 2022 Advanced Vehicle Technologies Funding. The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Vehicle Technology Office, a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) entitled “Fiscal Year 2022 Vehicle Technologies Office Program Wide […]
California Releases Updated Draft on Zero-Emission Fleet Rule
California has released updated draft regulatory language for its zero-emission fleet rule. As proposed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the draft Advanced Clean Fleets regulation would require fleets of 50 or more trucks to add only zero-emission trucks to their California fleet beginning in 2024. In addition, diesel trucks would be prohibited from […]