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  • Electric Vehicles in US to grow in 2023

    There are expectations that Electric Vehicles in US is going to be really growing in the next year. Next year is expected to even top the fabulous year that United States has had this year and that is because of the number of EVs which are going to hit the market and most of them being less expensive ones. This along with the new rules of government are expected to make the current vehicles which may have a heavy price currently more affordable too. 2022 was a great year as the electric vehicle market share grew twice despite the supply chain issues along with inflation. EVs in 2022’s first 10 months accounted for close to 5.3 % of all the vehicle sold. This was 60% higher than the previous year. This is a great number considering the new electric vehicles are in the upper tier which is the $50,000 or more price range. There is still a lot of room according to the experts for growth in this field.  

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    However, it is widely believed that if the number was to grow significantly, it would happen with an increase in the EV charging numbers and offering Electric vehicles which are more affordable. There are many surveys which substantiate the fact that the number of consumers who are going to switch to an electric vehicle will grow considerably high if the market was to support them with more affordable electric vehicles.

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    This is what would help the market grow in the coming years as there is an expectation that there will be many cheap electric vehicles which will come from the more famed vehicle manufacturers such as Hyundai, Nissan and a few others. Chevrolet too has been considering a price for its electric version of Bolt. This will help the market grow to a high rate in the United States.

  • USPS to purchase Electric Vehicles for delivery

    On Tuesday, the United States Postal Service has said that it has an intent of purchasing as many as 66,000 electric vehicles for delivery as it is going to help in pushing to transform the delivery feet into electric vehicles.

    This electric vehicles would then total over half of the 106,000 vehicles which is going to be huge if it happens between now and 2028 as per the plan. The new vehicles are going to start replacing the aging fleet.

    There has been a lot of pressure from the environmentalists for electrifying their fleet. In the month of April, the environmental groups have filed a suit against USPS for their failure of conducting an analysis with consideration to environment before deciding to replace the vehicle fleet with a more fuel oriented fleet.

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    The statement has also said that now instead of receiving pollution with the packages, the communities will now get a cleaner air relief.

    USPS has further said that the investment which it has made is going to reach close to $9.6 billion and about one third of that amount comes from the Inflation Reduction Act. The funding is going to help the Postal service build what will have the potential to be among the biggest electric vehicle fleets in the United States as per their statement. They further said that they have a statutory compliance of delivering mail to as many as 163 million address and do so six days in a week and also cover the costs while they are doing so. They further said that their target is going to be to achieve that target in the most environment friendly manner and help in the growth of the sustainable development of the country while they can do so in a cost effective manner for the USPS.

  • Trudeau promises competition with the United States.

    The cross border tensions in terms of automaking are a thing of the past for United States and Canada and Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau is now talking about the bigger bilateral challenge which is coming for Canada and that is the economic competition with United States.

    From the perspective of Canada, the first two years of the president Joe Biden had been all about the countering of United States protectionism by the preaching of virtues related to trade between the like-minded partners.

    Biden/s plan which was to energize the electric vehicle industry by increasing sales has brought Mexico and Canada into the contention and has led to the coining of a new term which is friend-shoring for placating the anxious allies of America.

    But Trudeau’s pitch means that Canada is about to make a few important decisions in the battle for the high paying jobs, sustainable growth, international talent and foreign investment.

    In an interview recently he said that competing with United States is going to be a big challenge for them as it has been under all the previous administrations.

    He also said that there will always be ways in which he is able to make the situation advantageous for the Canadians as there is a lot of room for growth along with the workforce which is well-educated, reliable and diverse and the one that comes with the built-in health care and that is going to make Canada a great place to invest in

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    The PM used the example of Arcelor Mittal Dofasco which is now converting its plants into being less carbon-intensive by using the electric material instead of coal and that is going to reduce the carbon emissions by 60%. He also highlighted the need for the electric vehicle policies and promised 50,000 electric vans by 2025

  • Oregon to ban sale of fuel-powered vehicles by 2035.

    The cars which are powered on fuel, light-duty trucks along with SUVs are now going to be out of Oregon as Oregon is banning the sale of these vehicles in Oregon by the year 2035. This is an effort which comes as Oregon is going to aim to cut the climate change emissions by as much as 50% by the year 2035 and by 90% by 2050. The transportation sector is going to account for close to 40% of the emissions in Oregon and is also the biggest pollution source in United States.

    The policymakers of the state have approved a rule which is going to ban the sale of the new gasoline-powered vehicles in the city by the year 2035.

    The rule has also been adopted by California and it requires the car manufacturers to sell a major percentage of the zero-emission vehicles as a part of the total sale. The target for them is 35% in 2026 and has been increased to 100% by the year 2035.

    This is a ban which doesn’t affect the cars which are already on road and doesn’t require the Oregonians to stop the buying of fuel powered vehicles. The used vehicles will be available for further sale in the state but the sales of a new car will be banned and will have to be done out of the state.

    However over a dozen states are now going to follow the same policy and Oregon is going to be the third state to adopt this act. The act allows Oregon and the other states to either align with the emission standard which are federally proposed or with California’s stringent rules.

    This is going to be an important step by Oregon to increase the focus on electric vehicles with such regulation encouraging people to buy electric vehicles.

  • Rental industry to push electric vehicles in United States

    The rental industry which is represented by the ACRA and American Car Rental Association is going to make a big push into the electric vehicles and it can now have a major role in the increase of market share of the electric vehicles in United States.

    As per the spokesman of ACRA, the first exposure of the electric vehicles is going to be through the rental cars and it has been that way for a very long time. The people who have never driven an electric vehicle ever are going to get a chance to drive the electric vehicle and then make a decision that their next car is going to be an electric one. This would also take care of the range anxiety and fear that the vehicle is going to be lacking in performance.

    All the major companies which rent cars, Hertz, Enterprise and Avis have been moving very aggressively to acquire the electric vehicle fleets. Hertz has also ordered 100,000 Tesla vehicles. Hertz has also ordered 175,000 from the General Motors.

    ACRA which represents the companies with 1.8 million vehicles which are in operation is going to support the use of the electric vehicles particularly at the airports.

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    It has particularly been asking for the Congress to approve a fund of $10 billion over the coming five years for helping in providing charging including the fast charging at the rental facilities which are in airports and another $10 billion for the rental lots on the property which is owned by the airports.  

    Some of the rental companies arrange the electric vehicle offerings in to special categories. These are high end and luxury cars which are offered for rent at a higher price and for only a few customers who can afford driving this car at a higher price than the usual cars.

  • University of Houston students to compete in an electric vehicle design competition.

    The students of University of Houston have been competing for design of the next generation of the luxury electric vehicles as the part of their coursework. The co-directors of the Industrial design program have offered the students an opportunity to enroll in the design competition while they still gain the class credits. Seniors who had designed the exterior of the vehicles had paired up with juniors who had created interiors to form as many as eight teams.

    A professor in the university said that through the programs, the students in the past have been designing other mode of transportations such as electric scooters and bicycles but they have never tried their hand at a car. The timing they think is amazing because the industry of electric vehicle is now moving to Texas. This offers them an opportunity for positioning their design program and being ready for this industry.

    The creativity of the students along with their innovation is going to be on display in an exhibition which is going to open on 2nd of December at the Mashburn Gallery in the Hines college. Winners will also be announced there.

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    This is a competition which has been made possible through the sponsors TexPower EV, Photon Auto and IQP. The Photon Auto which is based in Houston is going to develop a new vehicle which has a range of close to 500+ miles and has lidar systems as an equipment which sends the pulses of laser light for determining the presence of the shape as well as distance of the objects and helps in crash prevention.

    This competition is going to encourage innovation and is going to help in the growth of the market as a whole along with the innovation and should be encouraged all over the world particularly in countries like India.

  • Union Automobile Workers offer stiff test to Biden

    In what is being termed as an early test of the promise made by Biden about a transition to the EV and its resolve about creating high-paying jobs. The employees at a battery plant in the Ohio region have voted towards joining the union of United Automobile Workers.

    There seems to be a first formal union being created at a major of the automakers in the city known as Big Three. The plant is owned by LG energy solutions and General Motors. The result of the voting was 710 to 15.

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    As per the president of the UAW, Ray Curry, With the transition of the industry into the electric vehicles, the new workers are entering into the auto sectors such as Ultium which are now thinking about their value and their worth. This is a vote which shows that they want to be a part of the team which maintains high wages and standards which the members of the UAW have built in the industry of automation.

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    While the existing plants which are owned by three US automakers are maintaining a presence of a union. They have been shifting production to the electric vehicles and the union needs to start from the very beginning like the one in Ohio through which Ford is going to build the factories. The other companies such as Lucid, Rivian and Tesla aren’t Unionized.

    The union of autoworkers has been worried for long about the transition to the electric vehicles first through the research paper that the EV requires close to 30% less of workforce to produce when compared to the ICE. This has also pointed out that the US is falling far behind than EU and Asia in the supply chains which are helping the other countries maintain its workforce continuously. Biden must gear up for this test.

  • Electric Vehicle Tax credit statement issued by United States and European Union

    European Union and United States on Monday have said that that there has been progress addressing the concerns of the European Union about a climate law of United States which would cut the electric vehicles from the tax credits of United States of the European Union but also failed to resolve this matter. Electric vehicle tax credit has been a major talking point lately.

    They had issued a statement jointly after the third TTC between US and EU which had vowed for working constructively for resolving it.

    The joint statement said that they acknowledge the concerns of EU and underline the commitment for addressing them constructively and taking note of the progress which was made by the task force set up for addressing the dispute. The Trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis had called $430 billion United States inflation reduction act as discriminatory and had urged many steps which may be taken before the end of the year for modifying this law. It also offers consumers tax credits as much as $7,500 for the newer purchases of Ford, Tesla and Other EVs which were made by North America.

    Antony Blinken who has said that the council has enabled both the sides which account for a combined 40% of the output of global economy for making concrete, practical progress on many issues including the counter of Ukraine-Russia war and said that he was confident of tax credit issue may be resolved. He said that they all came out of the meetings convinced that this was a way of coming up with a solution and a way forward for both the organizations. They feel optimistic over this as they race against time to reach some conclusion before the new measures start coming in from the coming year. That would be critical for both the countries.

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  • US electric vehicle shows negligible impact on carbon emissions

    Electric vehicles are seemingly the most important discussion point right now as there is a lot of effort being made for the electrification and it has been spurred on by the impending regulations of the government all over the world and they are aimed at reduction of dependency on the fossil fuels. However in what is a body blow to the movement, the data shows that the electric vehicle sales may not be impacting the gasoline consumption. The United States Electric vehicles sales is higher than ever despite the shortages of supply chain and a frequent markup of dealership. But according to a recent estimate, it has been reported that the consumption of gasoline only reduced by 0.54 % last year.

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    The United States plug-in vehicles had driven close to 70 billion miles in total ever since the year 2010. This has displaced the use of 2.5 billion gallons of gasoline and close to 19 million tons of the greenhouse gasses. It was estimated that about 370 million gallons of gasoline were consumed in the year 2021. For the year, the plug-in vehicles saved only about 690 million gallons of gasoline which is only about a couple of days of consumption and the reduction of emission was very less.

    This raises questions on the electric vehicle environmental impact. The biggest growth was in the plug-in sales which has doubled from the last year to 634,000 from the 308,000 vehicles it was at earlier.

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    It was assumed that plug-in drivers behave a lot like their gasoline-driven counterparts but applied the PHEV factor to it which adds a basis of battery size and mileage to it.

    The reduction due to the coronavirus pandemic were also added to it and they were consequently adjusted. The impact of coronavirus on electric vehicles was thus nullified by the estimates.