Electric Vehicles
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California Agencies Award $20 Million for “Clean Mobility” Projects
Grants will bring bike-share, electric car-share, and on-demand transit to communities around state
June 24, 2021
Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us
Why EV’s are false prophets in the fight for a better world.
June 21, 2021
Metro Taking Late Slow Steps Toward Approved Bus Electrification
In July of 2017, the Metro board approved transitioning all of its ~2,500 bus fleet to be all electric by 2030.
June 16, 2021
Are Heavy EVs More Dangerous to U.S. Walkers?
A whole lot of heavy electric cars are likely to roll onto U.S. streets soon — but the U.S. hasn’t bothered to answer the question of how fatal they’ll be to pedestrians in the event of a crash.
June 9, 2021
Bay Area Begins to Roll Out E-Bike Incentives Under Clean Cars 4 All
Income- and zip-code qualifying households in the Bay Area can exchange an old gas guzzler for an electric cargo bike, or several e-bikes and transit passes; other regions will also eventually launch their programs
February 18, 2021
How to Electrify the Nation’s School Buses
It will take forever to electrify our transit systems, but yellow school buses could be switched over within the decade, a new report says.
February 11, 2021
Lithium Mining: The Hidden Environmental Cost of EVs
The Green New Deal is clearly better than our carbon-based catastrophic course. But it also depends on massive amounts of lithium — and extracting it will carry a big environmental cost of its own.
February 10, 2021
Foothill Transit Electric Double Decker Bus Arrives in SGV After Atlantic and Cross-Country Travel
Two $3.38 million double-deck electric buses are expected to be deployed by mid-February
January 26, 2021
Four Ways Cars Pollute Our Lives — Besides the Tailpipe
Even if we electrified our entire vehicle fleet overnight, car pollution would still make us and the planet sick — and policymakers should start pushing for strong policy to mitigate the impacts of non-tailpipe emissions now, a new study finds.
December 14, 2020
Study: We Can’t Fix Transportation-Related Climate Emissions With EVs Alone
And a major shift to public transit and active modes is the only realistic answer
October 5, 2020
