Monthly Archives: February 2023

Utah wants to lower the gas taxes and add a new excise tax on electricity charging for EVs. HB 301 (2023 | UT) The gas tax would decrease from 16.5% to 14.2%. The excise tax on EV charging would be a new 12.5% tax on electricity from charging stations. Opponents say this creates a 3 […]

Georgia is moving along with HB406 (2023 | GA) that would allow retailers to charge EV drivers for electricity by the kilowatt hour. Currently EV car owners are charged by how long the EV is connected to the charger. Drivers would pay an excise tax on the electricity, the rate would be set by the […]

States leading e-bike incentives: California, Colorado, Connecticut and Hawaii. Cities leading on e-bike incentives: Austin, Texas; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Columbus, Ohio. Incentives range from cash purchase incentives, rebates after purchase. California is setting its sights on a $50 million expanded e-bike incentive program. Governing | Governments Aim to Reduce the Big Barrier to E-Bike […]

After the recent train derailment and chemical clean up, Ohio’s Governor is considering reforms for trains traveling in Ohio. He wants reforms to reduce the number of cars carrying flammable liquids to meet the threshold for a high hazard flammable train. The Ohio crash and chemical plume was caused by 5 cars, far below the […]

 Valley ZEV Mobility Project, a $1.9 million California pilot program that gave 4 EV fleet vehicles and charging infrastructure to rural agricultural communities by creating green rideshare to grocery stores and medical appointments. The pilot lasted 4 months and vanished during COVID. The EVs were transferred to Los Angeles and never returned. The 9 charging […]

A study published this month in the journal Science of the Total Environment found that in California, every 20 zero-emissions vehicles per 1,000 people in a given zip code led to a 3.2 percent drop in the rate of emergency room visits due to asthma. This 7 year study found that as EV adoption grew, ER visits […]

Let’s take a peek at Iowa’s EV charging tax. Iowa passed a tax on kilowatt hours of charging 4 years ago. The legislature is currently thinking about tweaking it. When Iowa passed its kw tax on EV charging it also included an added registration fee for EVs and an excise tax for hydrogen fuel. Some […]

Greenification. It’s my new faux word for cities adding more trees and vegetation to roadways. In late 2022, we talked about a partnership Philadelphia entered into to add more fruit trees to its infrastructure to not only add green but also add access to fresh produce.  Rio de Janeiro is looking at greenification not only […]