Category Archives: EV electric vehicles

Regulatory TREND. 3 Study Results. Colorado Pay As You Drive vs. Gas Tax

Colorado Department of Transportation released the results of a pay as you drive pilot study & here’s the results:

  • There will be credit for any payment of the gas tax
  • Participants reported that the pay as you drive system is fair
  • CDOT remains unsure about the future of the pay as you drive program

The parameters for the pilot:

  • 4 months
  • Participants from 27 Colorado counties
  • Participants reported how much they drove by:
    • using GPS tracker
    • photographing their odometer
    • other technology…

Lege Trend. Direct Sales Bill Draft in the Empire State.

State Legislature looking to expand electric vehicle manufacturer sales: New York

What does the 2018 bill look like?

  • Limits current manufacturer sales of EV vehicles to 20 locations in New York
    • Requiring geographically diverse locations in upstate New York
  • Requires that the manufacturer-seller also have repair services
  • Applies only to manufacturers that were licensed to sell in March 2014

What’s current law on electric vehcile manufacturer sales in NY? 5 Tesla sales locations are…

3 Points About Pay As You Drive in California

  • Caliornia’s pilot pay as your drive program is called the  California Road Charge Pilot Program
  • The state policy support arguments for pay as your drive: fairness as pay as you drive accounts for EVs, hybrid and feul efficient vehicles
  • The opposition to taking the pay as your drive statewide: the privacy issues of mileage trackers.
    • will mileage trackers be placed in cars? will they track GPS locations?
    • will mileage trackers be installed at gas pumps and charging stations?
    • will…

7 Western States Join Forces to Connect EV Charging Stations. What you Need to Know to Make your Own:

The 7 states: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming

The MOU: Regional Electric Vehicle Plan for the West 

The 7 Interstate Corridors: 

  • Interstates 25, 70 and 76 in Colorado;
  •  Interstates 15, 84, 86, and 90 in Idaho;
  •  Interstates 15, 90 and 94 in Montana;
  •  Interstates 15 and 80 in Nevada;
  •  Interstates 10, 25 and 40 in New Mexico;
  • Interstates 15, 70, 80 and 84 in Utah; and
  •  Interstates 25, 80 and 90 in Wyoming. 

The goal of the states: to ease “range anxiety”

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Legal Trend Begetting Lege Trend. 3 Points from a Direct Sales Court Win in the Midwest.

Background: The Missouri Department of Revenue granted Tesla the ability to sell directly without using the dealership process. As a result, the Missouri Automobile Association brought a lawsuit in 2015.

The Appellate Court Ruling:

  • The Court said the Autodealers did not have standing to bring suit against the Department of Revenue and that the “association’s challenge sounded more like a competitor seeking to avoid competition than an attempt to defend a larger public interest”
  • Tesla’s…

Transportation Funding Trend. Set Asides for Smart Vehicles in the West

State: Nevada

The Transportation Funding Set Aside Proposal: 5% of transportation funding for smart vehicles

How will the 5% be divided within the state? 80% to large and midsize cities & 20% to  Rural areas and regional partnerships

Proponents: Bipartisan: Democratic State Senator Catherine Cortez Masto 7 Republican Governor Sandoval

Las Vegas Review Journal | Nevada senator calls for tax money for ‘smart’ vehicle projects

New TX Report. EV. CNG. Hybrid. Vehicles. The Numbers. Which class won?

What does the Texas alternative fuel vehicle landscape look like?

  • 233,985 increase in alternative fuel vehicle registrations from 2016 to 2017
  • 10.15% increase in registrations from 2016 to 2017
  • 0.48% in all Texas vehicle registrations from 2016-2017 
  • Altnerative vehicles represent 1% of all regisgtered vehicles in Texas

How did the alternative vehicles break down in this year over year increase?

  • EV had the largest increase of registrations at 39.62%
  • Flex fuel vehicles increased by…

EV Company + City Partnership for all EVs. 3 Key Points informed:intel

Tesla, the city of Barrie, in Canada, and a local chamber of commerce are putting together a chargins station deal for all EV owners. 

The details of the EV charging station deal:

  • Tesla is offering to install 12 Tesla superchargers + 4 generic universal chargers at no cost to the city
  • The local chamber of commerce is offering to foot operational costs of the charging station
  • The city wants to be seen as progressive and open for business

Barrie Today | Downtown Barrie BIA offers to help…

Anatomy of a State Bill for Direct Auto Sales. Free Market + Vehicle Freedom = legislation.

Wisconsin legislators announced legislation to permit the direct sales of certain EV vehicles in Wisconsin.

The bill’s tagline: Electric Vehicle Freedom Act. 

The press release from legislators:

Representative Brooks and Senator Kapenga Introduce “Electric Vehicle Freedom Act” 

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Legislation would let Tesla sell directly to buyers in Wisconsin

Is this the new transportation funding anthem? Your Alternative Fuel Car is Costing Us Money for Roads.

A Utah task force recommended transportation funding solutions that include a tax for alternative fuel cars.

State Representative Schultz (R-Hooper). said “”I think it’s important that those that drive on the roads pay for it,” he said. “I don’t think it’s fair that alternative-fuel vehicles get away scot-free without paying their fair share.”

Fox 13 Now | Your alternative fuel car is costing Utah money for roads