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Mississippi State University's assistant research professor Jeremiah Dumas received TVA's 'Campus Sustainability Pioneer' honor as part of the Green Power Switch Leadership Awards program, jointly administered by TVA and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. The…
“I don't think there's any question that the electric horse has left the barn. Transportation will electrify.”
“A lot of work has been done to attract business to the state, but not a lot of work has been done to set conditions that make it easy for Georgians to own EVs and have the charging infrastructure deployed that they need.”
“Hundreds of thousands of affordable EVs are flooding the used car market, where 70% of consumers shop for cars and can now access EVs at prices comparable to gas cars”
A Florida news segment reports on the rapid adoption of electric vehicles in the state, with 335,000 EVs registered representing 11% of new vehicle sales. However, the report highlights a critical infrastructure gap: despite receiving nearly…
“So making sure that those fast charger gaps are closed, making sure that solutions like mobile fast charging that can be deployed during storm evacuations and other type solutions are deployable, is going to be really important for Florida as Floridians continue to adopt the technology.”
“The organization's Weekly EV Cost Savings Index shows that the average Georgia driver who puts 15,000 miles per year on their automobile would save more than $1,800 annually on fuel and maintenance combined, and a high-mileage driver at 25,000 miles would save $3,000 every year.”
“We want to see the state engage, and we hope that this won't be a political football and that won't be the determining factor in whether the state takes advantage of federal funds that will actually help their citizens”
“Placing disproportionate financial burdens on EV adoption creates new problems rather than solving existing ones.”
“The state's really doing a phenomenal job, and their Department of Transportation has done the work to plan effectively, engage community, and deploy what's likely to be a really great example of a good backbone of fast-charging infrastructure across the state.”
“At a critical moment, when the U.S. automobile industry needed to be bridging the valley of death going from internal combustion engine [ICE] vehicles to electric, the Trump administration has completely knocked the props out of both the stick and the carrot.”
“It's not that they're not in favor of EVs. They're hunting big financial prey in the data center market.”
“the Southeast had the highest ever sales for EVs last year, with an overall market share of over 10 percent”
“We are very pleased Rep. Cooper is taking a leadership role in the House to improve air quality. This bipartisan move has the potential to break a partisan log jam that has choked our national parks and kept citizens across the country holding their breath waiting for the promise of clean, healthy air.”
An Earth Week event at MTSU featured Students for Environmental Action promoting biodiesel as an alternative fuel. The article highlights biodiesel's environmental and economic benefits, including lower emissions and fuel costs. SACE is referenced for data…
