electric cars

aerial view of a Volkswagen automobile assembly plant is seen on March 20, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

June 2, 2025

The Future of US Battery Manufacturing Is at Stake

Jessica Dunn
Scientist

HYUNDAI Media Center

April 14, 2025

Electric Vehicles Help Combat Climate Change, Here’s Why.

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

A lithium mine supervisor inspects an evaporation pond of lithium-rich brine in the Atacama Desert in Salar de Atacama, Chile.

John Moore/Getty Images

August 1, 2024

Battery Minerals: A Common Fight Over Uncommon Things

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

Two white men work to install a solar panel on the roof of a home in St. Augustine, Florida, under a bright blue sky

Raze Solar/Pexels

August 30, 2023

One Year After the IRA, UCS Is Hard at Work Bringing Its Benefits to Bear

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

Joel Muniz/Unsplash

December 13, 2021

Is California About to Give Up the Driver’s Seat on Electric Vehicles?

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

Andrew Roberts/Unsplash

September 25, 2020

Why is the Transition to Clean Cars by 2035 Critical? To Avoid Worsening Impacts of Climate Change and Air Pollution

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

Photo: Don Anair

February 7, 2019

Self-Driving Cars Need to be Steered in a Climate-Smart Direction

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

A Waymo self-driving car on the road in Mountain View, CA, making a left turn. CC-BY-2.0 (Wikicommons).

May 3, 2018

How Important is it for Self-Driving Cars to be Electric?

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

By Tewy

November 28, 2017

How Much Does it Cost to Charge an Electric Car in Your City?

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

Chevy Bolt at LA Autoshow 2016. Photo: Dave Reichmuth

November 27, 2017

Will Automakers Walk the Talk on EVs? Four Things to Look for at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

loadrunner235/Mariordo CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia).

April 26, 2017

What Will It Take for Automakers to Meet California’s EV Requirements? Not as Much as You Might Think.

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

March 24, 2017

California’s Opportunity to Show Leadership with Clean Cars

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

January 30, 2017

Will Electric Cars Thrive, Survive, or Die Under President Trump?

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

January 18, 2017

New Report Shows Electric Vehicle Technology Advancing Faster Than Anticipated

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

December 21, 2016

‘Little’ Errors Add Up: What an Electric Vehicles Study Gets Right, and What It Gets Wrong

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

November 23, 2016

Encouraging Signs for Electric Vehicles at the LA Auto Show

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

November 8, 2016

Driving to a Stable Climate: The Pathway to Reducing Emissions From Transportation

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

September 2, 2016

California’s New Climate Legislation: What Does it Mean for Electric Cars?

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

Photo: Kārlis Dambrāns/CC BY (Flickr)

August 24, 2016

Who’s Leading on Electric Cars? (And Who’s Lagging Behind?)

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

futureatlas.com/CC BY (Flickr)

June 20, 2016

The Present and Future of Smart Charging: Experts Weigh In

Peter O'Connor
Former contributor

May 27, 2016

New Survey Finds Californians Very Interested in Electric Cars

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program