Electric Vehicles

The actions range from campaign priorities like border security to culture war issues like DEI policies.

Proterra's financial collapse is pushing Capital Metro to mothball more than a third of its electric fleet while the company's new owner figures out how to service and support the buses.

The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded Moment Energy $20.3 million to help build a facility in Taylor to repurpose and recycle electric vehicle batteries.

Austin's transit agency bet big on the future of battery-powered buses but now admits over-optimism about how fast the technology would accelerate.

Council Member Alison Alter noted that the charging stations are probably not for the average person, but would serve “ride-shares, fleets, other folks who are really trying to transition their vehicles to EVs to help with our environment.”

The growth of Austin's EV fleet will require a simultaneous boom in vehicle charging stations. But the city has to balance its green goals with zoning demands.

Capital Metro's electric bus plans face a setback as its primary electric bus provider, Proterra, declares bankruptcy, complicating the city's green transit goals.

More than 2% of Travis County's 1 million registered vehicles are powered exclusively by batteries. That's the highest rate in Texas and less than a percentage point behind California, the nation's EV leader.

With $408 million in federal funds, the state wants to build enough charging stations to support 1 million electric vehicles.

Soaring gasoline prices have fueled increased demand for electric cars, hybrids and smaller gasoline-powered vehicles. But shoppers may not find much to choose from.