Can electric vehicles play a role in advancing equity in underserved and historically marginalized communities?

A new report published by Clean Energy Group, Electric Vehicles and Equity: How EVs Work, Their Pros and Cons, and the Role They Can Play in Making Our Communities Stronger, explores this question in four parts. The report begins with an overview of electric vehicle costs, performance characteristics, and environmental and health impacts, then considers possible pathways for electric vehicles to deliver tangible benefits to communities, including electric school buses and harnessing energy stored in electric vehicle batteries to power critical services in an emergency. It concludes with a discussion of some of the challenges limiting equitable adoption of electric vehicles and potential solutions to help overcome them.

Clean Energy Group is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, June 6 with report author Michael Brower of Cantus Firmus Consulting and Nathan King from electric vehicle charging company Itselectric. Panelists will discuss potential pathways for electric vehicle deployment to lower harmful emissions, reduce transportation expenses, and increase energy resilience in historically marginalized communities. REGISTER HERE

This Live Webinar will be held to review NYSERDA’s Carbon Neutral Community Economic Development program and the Commercial Industrial Carbon Challenge program. Attendees will learn about the incentives available, eligibility, application requirements, and scoring criteria, of each of these programs. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions, live with NYSERDA staff.

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June 20-21 | This year’s Conference will focus on the work of the Climate Action Council established under the CLCPA to implement the Act’s mandates. Panels will explore the ambitious goals for the development and deployment of offshore wind and solar resources, the reduction in fossil generation, and adding energy storage.