Mobility
Charting the Course for Early Truck Electrification
The majority of medium-duty trucks and half of heavy-duty trucks in California and New York could be replaced with currently available electric trucks.
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Charging Ahead: How to Make Electric Mobility Work for All
EV adoption is accelerating, which, in addition to driving less, is critical to reduce carbon emissions (and local air pollution) to meet global climate goals, as transportation contributes the lion’s share of US greenhouse gas…
Mobility
Electric Mobility for All
Motivated largely by concerns over global greenhouse gas emissions, the transportation sector is focusing increasingly on a transition to zero-emissions vehicles. For this transition to be successful, not only from a climate but also from…
Mobility
More EVs, Fewer Emissions
Electric vehicles already deliver much less pollution over their lifetime than gas-powered vehicles.
Mobility
Funding Our Future: The EV Transition Requires Infrastructure that Inspires Confidence and Powers All Communities
This article is part of RMI’s “Funding Our Future: Investing for Climate Impact” series, in which we discuss how we are informing the federal government about how federal infrastructure funds should be spent to…
Mobility
More Lanes Do Not Mean Less Traffic
In Austin, Texas, a battle is underway to reverse the ills of a highway that is increasingly perceived as a racial and environmental scar on the city. Running through the heart of the city,…
Mobility
The Urgent Need to Clean Up Transportation
The bold EV targets set by President Biden today that 50 percent of all new vehicles in 2030 be electric underscore the growing consensus that we must rapidly electrify transportation. Three major automakers—GM, Ford, and…
Electricity
Ridehailing Drivers Will Go Electric—If We Build the Charging Stations
Michelle Pierce, a retired electrical engineer living in Southern California, is a passionate EV advocate. She started driving an electric vehicle for Lyft because she wanted to expose more people to electric vehicles and demonstrate…
Electricity
Can Electric Pickup Trucks Save the Grid in Texas?
Just months after it was battered by a winter storm, the Texas electric grid is once again straining under extreme weather conditions. In February, millions of people lost power during a storm that…