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By 2030, it is estimated that there will be over 26 million electric vehicles on the road. With that, the need for high-speed public charging will dramatically increase. How can utilities, operators, and regulators better understand the load profiles of charging depots today? How will those profiles change over the next decade as charging capabilities improve?
SEPA modeled load profile configurations of DC fast charging plazas based on actual vehicle charging curves to evaluate how different vehicle charging capabilities impact peak demands, utilization rates, and load factors.…
View Full ResourceBy 2030, it is estimated that there will be over 26 million electric vehicles on the road. With that, the need for high-speed public charging will dramatically increase. How can utilities, operators, and regulators better understand the load profiles of charging depots today? How will those profiles change over the next decade as charging capabilities improve?
SEPA modeled load profile configurations of DC fast charging plazas based on actual vehicle charging curves to evaluate how different vehicle charging capabilities impact peak demands, utilization rates, and load factors.…
View Full ResourceThe Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) represents the largest federal response to climate change to date. We highlight the key climate provisions and assess the Act’s potential economic impacts. Substantially higher investments in clean energy and electric vehicles imply that fiscal costs may be larger than projected. However, even at the high end, IRA provisions remain cost-effective. IRA has large impacts on power sector investments and electricity prices, lowering retail electricity rates and resulting in negative prices in some wholesale markets. We find small quantitative macroeconomic effects including a small decline in headline inflation, but macroeconomic conditions–particularly higher interest rates and …
View Full ResourceSince the landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) became law in August 2022, companies are racing forward with massive investments to build our clean energy future. New manufacturing in wind, solar, batteries, and electric vehicles — along with storage projects across the country — means new, good-paying jobs for hard-working Americans. In the months since the landmark climate and clean energy investments became law, clean energy companies have announced or moved forward with 191 projects accounting for more than 140,000 new clean energy jobs for electricians, mechanics, construction workers, technicians, support staff, and many others. 129 of these projects are located …
View Full ResourceThe transportation sector is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the US economy, and about half its emissions come from light-duty vehicles alone. To avoid the disastrous effects of a 1.5°C increase in global temperatures, we will need to replace the more than 300 million internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles currently on the road with electric vehicles (EVs). Today, there are about 2.5 million EVs on US roads; this number will need to increase to 44 million by 2030 if we are to reach net-zero emissions. Every one of these 44 million cars will need to be powered by …
View Full ResourceSince the landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) became law in August 2022, the private sector has been racing forward with massive investments to build our clean energy future. New manufacturing in wind, solar, batteries, and electric vehicles — along with storage projects across the country — mean new, good-paying jobs for hard-working Americans. In the months since the landmark climate and clean energy investments became law, clean energy companies have announced or moved forward with projects accounting for more than 142,000 new clean energy jobs for electricians, mechanics, construction workers, technicians, support staff, and many others.
At the same time …
View Full ResourceSuppliers have endured a state of triage over the past three years, all while maintaining the business, meeting customer demand, and finding opportunities to grow. At the same time, the global mobility sector continues to transform, as governments and consumers around the world spark a shift to electric vehicles (EV). Meanwhile, the challenges of operational transformation and uncertainty continue to place pressure on suppliers to innovate and develop new technologies.
In our sixth Automotive Supplier Study, we look at automotive supply chain trends and the road ahead by analyzing shareholder value performance data from nearly 300 of the top global …
View Full ResourceFor over a century, discriminatory land use and housing policies in the United States have segregated neighborhoods and engineered entire cities around single-family homes and personally owned automobiles. These policies have led to a chronic housing shortage, numerous harms for disadvantaged communities, and sprawling development patterns that exacerbate climate change and ecological harm.
These policies have also led to more and more driving as we live farther away from one another and our workplaces, grocery stores, schools, and green spaces. This has caused transportation to become the single largest carbon-emitting sector in the United States. To meet our global climate …
View Full ResourceThe Global EV Outlook is an annual publication that identifies and discusses recent developments in electric mobility across the globe. It is developed with the support of the members of the Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI).
Combining historical analysis with projections to 2030, the report examines key areas of interest such as electric vehicle and charging infrastructure deployment, battery demand, electricity consumption, oil displacement, greenhouse gas emissions and related policy developments. The report includes analysis of lessons learned from leading markets to inform policy makers and stakeholders about policy frameworks and market systems for electric vehicle adoption.
This edition features analysis …
View Full ResourceAs we look to the future, improvements in technology and increased government involvement in energy markets means we will likely see more electric vehicles (EVs), batteries for storage, solar panels, wind turbines, and increased competitiveness of hydrogen technologies. In addition to improvements in technology, many governments and some businesses around the world are trying to set targets to reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions, which means reducing carbon dioxide emissions to as close to zero as possible so that any remaining emissions are reabsorbed from the atmosphere by oceans, forests, or other plants. The Biden administration, for example, has set …
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