Category Archives: legislative trend

Top 3 States for State EV Purchasing Policies. New Study. Newish Coalition.

The study: ZEV State Policy Scorecard

Study authors:  Electrification Coalition, a nonprofit group of business leaders seeking to facilitate the deployment of EVs on a mass scale

Top 3 States for state EV purchasing policies: 

  • California
  • Connecticut
  • Maryland

3 State policies that impact state rankings:

  • how states provide consumer incentives for purchasing EVs
  • how states make refueling infrastructure available
  • how states educate the public about the alternative drivetrains

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By the numbers. Automaker Spending on EV & AV. The legislative & regulatory frontier. Bonjour new laws & rules.

  • In 2017 $226 Billion spent by automakers on EV & AV 
  • 2017 numbers are up 47% from 2012
  • By 2023, $255 billion in R&D and capital expenditures
  • 22.5% of Americans are “likely” to purchase a plug-in electric vehicle

ALIX PARTNERS | A ‘pile-up of epic proportions’ awaits auto industry as investments necessary to an electric and autonomous future balloon just as market slows, according to AlixPartners study

Tech Crunch |  Automakers are burning through billions in EV, AV race

13 States +1 Adopt Higher Emissions Standards. Red. Blue. & Purple States.

States imposing the current federal emissions standards, that match the California emissions standards:

  • California
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Maine 
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • Vermont
  • Washington
  • + Colorado

Fox 31 Denver | via AP | Colorado to adopt California’s stricter car pollution rules

Business TREND. Insurance Policies for Ride Share Riders.

Business: Startup Sure Inc. and underwriter Chubb

The insurance policy: 

  • “RideSafe” policies for ride share passengers
  • accidental medical, death and dismemberment insurance coverage for the ride

Doesn’t ride share cover liaility insurance that covers passengers? Yes, but this policy will:

  • cover some of those gaps in coverage
  • cover medical copayments
  • cover times when the ride share libaility poliocy is not in effect
  • cost is $2.40 for 24 hours of coverage on any number of rides

Availaibilit…

+1 Major City Electric Scooter Ordinance. 3 Points from Messaging from E Scooter Companies

CITY: San Francisco

San Francisco’s ordinance sets up:

  • The Powered Scooter Share Permit Program
  • 1 year pilot program
  • Up to 5 e-scooter operator permits will be issued
  • initial  6 months, as many as 1,250 scooters may be permitted.
  • An increase can occur and allow  up to 2,500 scooters 

What are e-scooter companies’ positions?

  • conciliatory
  • want to operate in legal framework
  • “meaningful and responsible part of your transportation landscape”
  • committed to the Save Our Sidewalks Pledge to…

+1 Coastal City New Electric Scooter Rules. Cap scrapped in favor of this:

City: Santa Monica

The new electric scooter rules:

  • 6-month pilot program
  • dynamic cap the number of electric scooters and bicycles (not set yet and can be extended)
    • the 1500 cap was scrapped
  • limit the number of companies that operate the vehicles
  • impose a fee on the companies for operations $20,000 operation fee + $50 per vehicle

Does Santa Monica have a history with electric scooters? Yes, it was the 1st city Bird offered scooters in starting September 2017

CNET | Santa Monica hits…

Open Records. Tesla v. Auto Dealer Lobbyist. What you need to know to be informed:

In a lawsuit over legislation that prohibits direct sales of Tesla in Michigan, the following entities have been ordered by court to turn over records:

  • An attorney-lobbyist for the Autodealer Association
  • specific auto dealers
  • Michigan Auto Dealers Association

Detroit Free Press | Judge: Tesla can view records lobbyist wanted kept secret

Local Ride Share Trend. Capping Prices.

City: Honolulu

What was the response from the taxi industry?  Supporters of the surge pricing cap held signs that read “equal rights for taxi drivers,”

Does the local ordinance set a cap or delegate that authority? Honolulu’s director of customer services will set the surge pricing cap

Government Technology | Honolulu Passes Bill to Cap Uber, Lyft Surge Prices

+1 State Taxing Ride Share by Cutting Other Taxes. 6 Talking Points.

Iowa Legislature passed the largest tax cut in state history and adds sales taxes on ride share and online or app purchases.

Iowa’s Governor said the following 6 points about the tax cut:

  • immediate and significant tax relief
  •  It’s simple
  • It’s transparent
  • It’s fair for Main Street
  • Most importantly, it’s sustainable for our state budget
  • fiscally responsible for the long-term … ensuring that we can fund our key priorities like education, health care and public safety,” she said.

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