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Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Trends from the Alternative Fueling Station Locator: First Quarter 2024
9/23/2024
Electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in the United States continues to rapidly change and grow. Using data from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fueling Station Locator, this report provides a snapshot of the state of EV charging infrastructure in the United States in the first calendar quarter of 2024 by charging level, network, location, housing density, and disadvantaged community designation. Additionally, this report measures the current state of charging infrastructure compared with a federal infrastructure requirement scenario. This information is intended to help transportation planners, policymakers, researchers, infrastructure developers, and others understand the rapidly changing landscape of EV charging infrastructure. This is the 17th report in a series.
Authors: Brown, A.; Cappellucci, J.; Heinrich, A.; Gaus, M.; Cost, E.
Effects of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations on the Economic Vitality of Local Businesses
9/4/2024
In addition to emissions reductions, electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charging stations (EVCS) offer economic benefits to municipalities nationwide. This study, published by Nature Communications, analyzes data from over 4,000 EVCS and 140,000 businesses in California to highlight the economic benefits of EV infrastructure and the role of EVCS as a driver of local economic growth.
Authors: Yunhan Zheng, David R. Keith, Shenhao Wang, Mi Diao, Jinhua Zhao
U.S. EPA Phase 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles
9/1/2024
Heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) contribute 25% of the U.S. transportation sector’s emissions. To reduce these emissions numbers, on April 22, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published new greenhouse gas emissions standards for HDVs, requiring a 60% emission reduction per ton-mile of freight moved by up to 60% for vocational trucks and up to 40% for tractor trucks by 2032 compared with 2027 levels. This report details the projected benefits of the EPA’s ruling and highlights key elements of the plan, such as the emissions standards themselves, as well as finances, fuel use, electric vehicle battery logistics, and more.
Authors: Yihao Xie
Hydrogen Policy's Narrow Path: Delusions & Solutions
8/27/2024
This report examines the growing hydrogen fuel industry within the U.S., providing key takeaways regarding hydrogen’s role in a clean economy, as well as a series of demand-side policy recommendations to boost hydrogen’s uptake in competitive areas, and its adoption in applications where hydrogen is less likely to compete with other alternative clean energy technologies. Where possible, the report offers technology-neutral policy recommendations to support a widescale expansion of hydrogen use. The report ultimately summarizes hydrogen’s use in 12 end-use sectors, detailing hydrogen’s emission reduction potential, infrastructure requirements, social impacts, and strengths and weaknesses.
Authors: Dan Esposito
Electric Residential Carshare Program Final Report and Replication Toolkit
8/1/2024
This report details an urban, transit-adjacent, and free electric carshare program exclusively for households in an affordable housing building in Salt Lake City, Utah. In it, key findings, a full review of the systems and hardware used, financial impacts, and a replication toolkit to aid interested entities in starting their own place-based, electric carshare program can be found. External links, resources and our own source code for data analysis are included at the end of the replication toolkit.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) State-of-Industry Report: Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids Pathway
7/1/2024
This technical report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) details the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production process, with a particular focus on the hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) pathway, which is currently the only commercially deployed SAF production pathway to produce a significant volume of fuel. The report outlines and evaluates the HEFA supply chain and identifies obstacles that could hinder future commercial production. While specific to SAF, this report may offer information relevant to the production of other liquid transportation fuels due to the more widely applicable nature of producing hydrocarbon fuels.
Authors: Oscar Rosales Calderon, Ling Tao, Zia Abdullah, Michael Talmadge, Anelia Milbrandt
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) State-of-Industry Report: State of SAF Production Process
7/1/2024
Because of their compatibility with existing fuel infrastructure and vehicle technologies, biofuels will be a critical component of decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors in the U.S. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will similarly be a changemaker in the aviation industry. This study examines the various SAF production pathways, provides an overview of the current state of the industry, and addresses challenges and hurdles facing the industry in order to proactively mitigate their impact.
Authors: Oscar Rosales Calderon, Ling Tao, Zia Abdullah, Kristi Moriarty, Sharon Smolinski
Advancing NEVI: Recommendations from State NEVI Funding Applicants
7/1/2024
This report from the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) offers guidance to future applicants to the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funding program. NASEO uses information gleaned from candid, in-depth interviews of first-round NEVI awardees to offer seven key recommendations for future NEVI program leads. These recommendations focus on various aspects of the NEVI award process, including how to enhance proposal quality, streamline application reviews, and accelerate the deployment of NEVI-funded stations. The recommendations also come paired with action items to help applicants get their proposals off the ground.
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Trends from the Alternative Fueling Station Locator: Fourth Quarter 2023
7/1/2024
Electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure continues to rapidly change and grow. Using data from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fueling Station Locator, this report provides a snapshot of the state of EV charging infrastructure in the United States in the fourth calendar quarter of 2023 by charging level, network, and location. Additionally, this report measures the current state of charging infrastructure compared with a federal infrastructure requirement scenario. This information is intended to help transportation planners, policymakers, researchers, infrastructure developers, and others understand the rapidly changing landscape of EV charging infrastructure. This is the sixteenth report in a series.
Authors: Brown, A.; Cappellucci, J.; Heinrich, A.; Cost, E.
Customer-Focused Key Performance Indicators for Electric Vehicle Charging
6/18/2024
Electric vehicles (EVs) are a rapidly growing portion of the light-duty vehicle market, but their sustained success is closely linked to the reliability and ease-of-use of public EV chargers. To mitigate issues such as long wait times, difficulties starting charging sessions, and slow charging speeds, this report recommends two sets of numerically defined key performance indicators (KPIs) based on customer pain points that will help streamline the transition to clean vehicles. These KPIs target the following: charger access, starting and completing a charge, and charger-related safety and comfort.
Authors: Casey Quinn; Sarah Cardinali; Jason Clifford; Kaleb Houck; Kristi Moriarty
Solar Power + Electric Vehicle Charging: Capturing Synergies in Minnesota
6/1/2024
A suite of aggressive climate action legislation, including a series of solar development commitments, has contributed to Minnesota reducing the carbon intensity of its power sector by 29% over 2013 levels. However, the carbon footprint of each sector has not dropped equally. In 2018, the transportation sector overtook power generation as the leading emissions producer statewide. The same focus on solar energy—combined with electric vehicle (EV) use—offers a vital opportunity for Minnesota to decrease transportation emissions. The analysis in this report examines the underdeveloped synthesis between solar production and EV charging, presenting seven key findings paired with relevant recommendations to transform the market and decrease transportation-based emissions.
Authors: Brian Ross; Katelyn Bocklund; Matthew Prorok; Dane McFarlane; Abby Finis
Grid-Constrained Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Sites: Battery-Buffered Options
6/1/2024
America’s electric vehicle (EV) charging network is growing quickly, but many rural regions across the country experience electrical grid restraints that complicate the EV charger build-out. Government agencies must still devise strategies for deploying chargers in these locations where electrical grid capacity is more limited. This technical assistance case study provides guidance on battery-buffered options for EV charging sites with limited grid capacity, including infrastructure solutions, project economics, energy specification methods, technical considerations, and other relevant strategies.
Battery Energy Storage for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
6/1/2024
This help sheet from the Department of Energy Joint Office of Energy and Transportation provides information on how battery energy storage systems can benefit electric vehicle (EV) fast charging infrastructure across the U.S. Specifically, the help sheet provides an overview of battery-buffered fast charging, as well its benefits, risks, and relevant use cases. The help sheet also provides guidance on how to begin implementing battery-buffered fast charging.
