🌟 Big News in Transportation Decarbonization 🌟
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration unveiled the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy, a game-changer in the journey toward a greener future. Developed with key partners like the DOE, DOT, and EPA, this strategy aims to establish a top-tier zero-emission freight network by 2040.
Focused on boosting zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicle (MHDV) infrastructure and meeting ambitious targets like the 30% #zeroemission MHDV sales by 2030 and 100% by 2040, this plan leverages public investment to accelerate private sector momentum, streamlines energy planning, and engages communities in the transition to #cleantransportation.
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The Biden-Harris Administration has released the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy. Developed by the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Strategy will guide the deployment of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicle (ZE-MHDV) charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure from 2024 to 2040. The Strategy is designed to meet growing market demands by targeting public investment to amplify private sector momentum, focus utility and regulatory energy planning, align industry activity, and improve air quality in local communities heavily impacted by diesel emissions.
The National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy will prioritize, sequence, and accelerate infrastructure along key freight corridors and hubs in four phases. The phases include:
Establish priority hubs based on freight volumes (2024-2027)
Connect hubs along critical freight corridors (2027-2030)
Expand corridor connections initiating network development (2030-2035)
Achieve national network by linking regional corridors for ubiquitous access (2035-2040)
The White House's newly announced national zero-emission freight corridor plan signals the shift toward sustainable transportation infrastructure. By guiding the deployment of #ElectricCharging and hydrogen fueling stations for medium and heavy duty trucks until 2040, this strategy will set the stage for a powerful #EVcharging network and hydrogen infrastructure across the National Highway Freight Network.
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The recent enactment of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) on April 13, 2024, marks a significant milestone in the European Union's push towards a more robust and unified electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure. As nations scramble to align with this new framework, both challenges and opportunities arise for Charge Point Operators (CPOs) and Mobility Service Providers (MSPs).
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Key takeaways from the paper include:
Growth in U.S. charging infrastructure can create about 160,000 jobs by 2032. Notably, more than 78,000 jobs, or close to 50% of the total jobs needed, will be electrical installation, maintenance, and repair jobs, while the rest are charger assembly, general construction labor, software maintenance and repair, planning and design, administration, and legal. 90% of these new jobs will support LDV EV infrastructure needs, while the remaining 10% will support MHDV EV infrastructure growth.
Electric vehicle charging infrastructure buildout needs to accelerate in unison with EV uptake. By 2032, approximately 4.1 million non-home chargers (including workplace Level 2, public Level 2, and public DC fast chargers) and 37.4 million home chargers (including multifamily home and single-family home chargers) will be needed to support the LDV fleet. By 2032, approximately 29,000 ultra-fast and fast chargers, and 500,000 overnight chargers will be needed to support the MHDV fleet.
There is potential for even greater job growth from increased domestic production and supply chain integration. This analysis estimates that the final assembly of 33% of Level 2 chargers and 100% of DC fast chargers will occur domestically by 2032, leading to a total of more than 13,000 jobs in charger assembly.
Government policies and industry partnership can help grow a high-road EV charging industry and ensure that work is carried out by appropriately trained workers. Government policies that support a high-road EV infrastructure industry, such as wage and benefits standards, skills certification requirements, and support for workers choice to join unions, will be essential to help increase the pool of skilled workers to meet growing labor demand and maximize the economic and social benefits of public investments in charging infrastructure.
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Alternative fuel corridors – sections of U.S. highways with electric vehicle charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure – are a crucial step in decarbonizing the transportation sector and the supply chains that depend on it. The #InflationReductionAct and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act offer record funding to advance clean energy and lower the financial barriers associated with implementing alternative fuel corridors.
CATF’s latest resource guide explores how states can access the billions of dollars in federal funds to develop alternative fuel corridors that promote the growth of a low- to zero-emission long-haul trucking industry. https://lnkd.in/eAyHN6yH
Transportation is responsible for around 30 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions.
US sales of electric vehicles are growing quickly, but still lag behind those of many other nations, including Norway, Germany, and China.
In a bold move to double down on America's future, the Biden administration allocation of $623 million in competitive grants will be awarded to bolster the US charging network with 7,500 new charge ports across the country, many of them in rural and low- and moderate-income areas.
Half of the new funding announced will go toward community projects—near schools, parks, and office buildings–acknowledging the very real need for fast, convenient and reliable charging stations that are part of accessible public infrastructure.
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