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The article profiles Miami's emerging luxury electric vehicle market, featuring Lucid Motors' high-end showroom and discussing how luxury EV adoption drives infrastructure and affordability improvements. It cites a September 2022 report from Atlas Public Policy and…
“Over the past couple of years, automakers have been ramping up the production of electric vehicles, and bringing more longer range desirable electric vehicles to market. So we've seen a dramatic increase in the number of vehicles available across all brands”
“Give opportunities to hundreds of thousands of Americans to work in well-paying jobs manufacturing, installing and maintaining clean energy, energy efficiency and clean transportation”
“It's not black and white. I think it's probably important to distinguish between the popularity and the benefits of growing the clean energy economy from ... some of the politics and specific policies of how you get there.”
“This absolutely is a game changer from our organization's perspective. This is something we've been working on for 20 years. ... This injects more serious financial support into these technologies than any bill that has passed in the United States in relation to no-carbon or low-carbon technologies.”
“We need real-world projects to test and understand the grid benefits EVs can deliver, and vehicle-to-grid technology is very promising. It shows real possibilities and another potential value for EV consumers.”
“With Governor Cooper's administration's focus on the rapid and equitable shift to electric transportation, this innovative project will serve as a model for wider-scale EV sharing in underserved communities across the state. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy has been advocating for centering equity in state electric transportation policies, plans and programs. We are excited to roll up our sleeves with our partners and help get it done.”
“We have a lot of work to do but there is a huge opportunity with the inflation infrastructure and jobs act. The federal funding adds a significant amount more to what the state has already invested and we definitely need it across all of our highways and byways, not just the main thoroughfares.”
“About 2,700 charging ports are available in the state to serve them”
Stan Cross, a SACE staff member, authored an op-ed in The Tennessean arguing that electric school buses are a better solution than propane buses for Tennessee school districts. The piece responds to a prior op-ed by…
Patrick King, Electric Transportation Equity Manager for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, argues that Georgia should leverage remaining Volkswagen settlement funds to expand its electric vehicle charging infrastructure network, particularly DC Fast Chargers along interstate…
“It's a good skeleton. But the skeletal system — in and of itself — can't move without muscles.”
“Change is coming. This bill is a historic commitment by the United States to regain a leadership position not only in addressing climate disruption but also in leading the clean energy technology revolution that is being unleashed. While no single entity can take credit for the rollercoaster ride that led to the Senate passing this significant legislation, much credit must be given to the voters in Georgia. By electing not one, but two climate-focused Senate leaders in a run-off election in early 2021, these two Southern senators were absolutely necessary for creating this moment in history and shepherding the bill through the political tightrope in the Senate. We look forward to swift passage by the House of Representatives and the President's signature.”
“With all new technologies, there will be problems to work out. With EVs, though the problems are few, they are headline-catching and life and property-threatening. You can't hide from that. It's a problem, it needs to be addressed.”
“It's going to have a huge impact in terms of consumers feeling secure and being able to take road trips”
