Transportation

Is the country’s e-scooter experiment working? The results are mixed

Electric scooters and other micromobility solutions can help reduce transit emissions — but it depends on how they’re deployed, used and managed.

By Syris Valentine . 16 April 2024

A person rides a lime electric scooter down a bike lane in a city — (Lime)

Transportation

Driving less may be as easy as riding a bike — a big electric one

Cargo e-bikes are catching on and could curb U.S. car emissions. Canary Media took a test ride to learn more about this emerging form of transportation.

By Maria Gallucci . 21 June 2023
EV charging

California is getting its biggest electric truck charging station yet

Forum Mobility is building a 96-truck charging depot in Northern California — a significant step toward the state’s goal of decarbonizing trucking by 2035.

By Jeff St. John . 13 June 2023
Electric vehicles

How US school buses are going electric, in four charts

EVs now make up about 1% of the nation's school bus fleet, but that figure is rising fast thanks in large part to $5 billion in federal funding.

By Jeff St. John . 15 May 2023
Electric vehicles

Chart: EVs could make up more than a third of global car sales by 2030

A new electric-vehicle forecast from the IEA is a big upward revision from just a year ago, underscoring the speed of the global EV revolution.

By Dan McCarthy . 5 May 2023
Transportation

California adopts first-ever rules to decarbonize freight trains

All new locomotives operating in California will have to be zero-emissions by 2035. But rail operators say the technology isn’t ready to roll just yet.

By Maria Gallucci . 2 May 2023
Electric vehicles

How quickly can trucking decarbonize? California is about to find out

California's new Advanced Clean Fleets rule will push trucking to go electric over the next 20 years — the most ambitious such mandate in the country.

By Jeff St. John . 1 May 2023
Marine transport

This common chemical could help shipping giants start to decarbonize

“Green” methanol is gaining favor as a lower-carbon way to power cargo ships. But we’re going to need a lot more of it for the plan to work.

By Maria Gallucci . 21 April 2023
Electric vehicles

Chart: EV sales on pace to break 1 million in US this year

Electric vehicles are surging in popularity as the Biden admin pushes for rapid uptake, but EVs still made up less than 10% of new car sales last quarter.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 21 April 2023
Electric vehicles

Biden aims to supercharge EV adoption with new emissions standards

A new proposal from the EPA could put the U.S. on track to have EVs make up two-thirds of new car sales by 2032.

By Dan McCarthy . 12 April 2023
Transportation

NYC adopts e-bike rules with focus on fire safety and equity

The new policies aim to make it easier for low-income residents to access high-quality models, without banning the zero-emissions devices many workers depend on.

By Maria Gallucci . 24 March 2023