- Rationale For New Indiana EV Registration Fee Is Questioned
- Busy, Crucial Segment Of I-95 Will Be Closed Indefinitely Following Truck Fire
- Automaker Deals Establish Tesla Charging System As De Facto US Standard
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Rationale For New Indiana EV Registration Fee Is Questioned
Lakeshore Public Media examines the state of Indiana’s rationale for expanding electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to encourage EV adoption, while also imposing a $200 annual registration fee on EV owners. While the fee is meant to capture essential funding for transportation infrastructure from drivers who don’t pay gas taxes, some environmental advocates claim it’s unfair. “In your traditional gasoline vehicles, if you’re driving less, you’re buying less gasoline — so you’re paying less taxes. However, with your EV you’re paying that price upfront, so there’s no adjustment depending on your driving habits,” argues Kaylee May, representative of a nonprofit that supports adoption of alternative fuel vehicles. State Representative Carey Hamilton (D-Indianapolis), member of a state commission tasked with overseeing and promoting the electric vehicle industry, has authored two bills to eliminate or postpone the annual EV registration fee, which is set to take effect in July. “We should be sending signals to our citizens, to prospective employers, to the marketplace that we are friendly to electric vehicles,” Hamilton says.
Economic & Social Considerations Affecting Transportation Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Environmental Protection Policies Procedures And Initiatives Indiana Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)Busy, Crucial Segment Of I-95 Will Be Closed Indefinitely Following Truck Fire
Associated Press reports, “An elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed early [yesterday] in Philadelphia after a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo caught fire [underneath the structure], closing a heavily traveled segment of the East Coast’s main north-south highway indefinitely. . . . Transportation officials warned of extensive delays and street closures and urged drivers to avoid the area in the city’s northeast corner. Officials said the tanker contained a petroleum product that may have been hundreds of gallons of gasoline. The fire took about an hour to get under control.” PennDOT said the damaged segment carries approximately 160,000 vehicles per day and is part of what is the likely the state’s busiest interstate highway.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is providing detailed, continuously updated coverage of the incident, as well as traffic impacts and the state and federal demolition and repair efforts.
Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Maintenance Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Safety (Includes COVID-19 Impacts) I-95 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Philadelphia PA Metro Area US Department of Transportation (USDOT)Automaker Deals Establish Tesla Charging System As De Facto US Standard
Yahoo! Finance reports, “General Motors (GM) announced [June 8] it is joining forces with Tesla (TSLA) to leverage the electric vehicle maker’s Supercharger Network. The announcement comes two weeks after Ford (F) announced a similar partnership with Tesla to enable access for Ford vehicles to Tesla’s charging network. ‘This collaboration is a key part of our strategy and an important next step in quickly expanding access to fast chargers for our customers,’ GM CEO Mary Barra said in a press release. ‘Not only will it help make the transition to electric vehicles more seamless for our customers, but it could help move the industry toward a single North American charging standard.’”
CNBC reports on what the charging technology deals mean for the three companies involved and for current and future EV owners.
Reuters reports, “The White House on Friday said electric-vehicle charging stations using Tesla . . . standard plugs would be eligible for billions of dollars in federal subsidies as long as they included the U.S. charging standard connection, CCS, as well.” The statement followed announcement of the Tesla-GM deal. “The moves shake up a charging industry that looked like it was drifting toward the rival CCS connection, with the help of federal subsidies. This is the first time the Biden administration has directly connected Tesla to its efforts to spend up to $7.5 billion to build new, high-speed chargers on some 7,500 miles of the nation’s busiest highways.” Reuters also reports on the impact of the federal announcement on the share values and futures of Tesla charging system competitors such as ChargePoint and EVgo.
Company and Agency Financial Issues And Reports Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Service Plazas Tesla Inc.These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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