March 11, 2022
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Subcommittee on Energy of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce (“Subcommittee”) held a March 8th hearing titled:
Charging Forward: Securing American Manufacturing and Our EV Future (“Hearing”)
The Hearing focused on the Biden Administration’s goal of making half of the new vehicles sold in 2030 zero-emission vehicles and related issues.
The Subcommittee staff prepared a pre-hearing memorandum which noted a number of topics which included:
- The Biden Administration has identified a target of deploying 500,000 electric vehicle (“EV”) chargers by 2030
- Sales of new light-duty (all-electric vehicles) and hybrid electric vehicles nearly doubled in the previous year
- All-electric vehicles accounted for 73% of EV sales
- EVs reduce dependence on foreign oil and associated price spikes
- EVs help address the climate crisis by reducing greenhouse gases
- The growing popularity of EVs requires significant support of domestic manufacturing capacity/infrastructure buildout
The memorandum also addressed:
- Federal Support for EVs and Charging Infrastructure
- United States Industry Leadership
- State Actions
Witnesses at the Hearing included:
Bob Holycross
Vice President, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering
Ford Motor Company
Natalie King
Chief Executive Officer
Dunamis Clean Energy Partners, LLC
Cassandra Powers
Senior Managing Director
National Association of State Energy Officials
Thomas Pyle
President
Institute for Energy Research
A link to the Hearing can be found here.
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