Southern Ontario consultant says downtown has more than enough vehicular parking

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Owners of buildings with 10 or more parking spots will be required to provide EV chargers for tenants by 2035 at the latest.

In our car-obsessed society, providing parking is a major expense for business and property owners. The Delmanor Aurora retirement home near Toronto has found an innovative way to reduce the number of parking spaces it provides to residents, while still allowing them to drive as much as they need to. In collaboration with EV rideshare... Read more »

SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As electric vehicles (EVs) gain popularity in South Korea, a new controversy is brewing over their …

In the three years since New York City began installing curbside chargers for electric cars, demand has boomed — both from EV owners and from gas-engine drivers willing to risk a ticket.

Electric vehicles encourage the use of private automobiles, which induce sprawl, road building and loss of habitat.

It is more likely that older multi-story carparks will be damaged by heavier SUVs, utes, HEVs and PHEVs than by Battery Electric Vehicles.

Parking garages are one area where the growing number of EVs and bigger vehicles is going to have a major impact.

The Dallas airport has chosen EV Safe Charge’s robotic charger ZIggy for demonstrating the newest charging approaches.

In a sign of yet another demand placed on already busy curbs, officials at the recent CoMotion Miami conference weighed in on the placement of urban EV chargers. Spoiler alert: they don’t like the idea of a single-use curbside.

Drivers will have to share access to public chargers. That could get ugly.

If the EV transition focuses exclusively on drivers in privately owned cars, it won’t meet many Americans’ mobility needs, particularly in underserved communities.

MIT researchers found that the computers powering self-driving cars could have a large carbon footprint.

Salt Lake City is looking to change electric vehicle infrastructure policy. Here’s what you need to know.

This August, California legislators proposed an ambitious, sweeping ban prohibiting the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 in an effort to reduce vehicle emissions and fight climate change.  California leads the nation in efforts to limit the rapid warming of our planet through both legislation and conscientious consumption. The mandated increase in demand for electric vehicles (EVs) must spark an increase in supply as well; indeed, both domestic and international auto manufacturers have set targets to scale electric vehicle […]

This year, legislators in at least eight states debated mileage taxes on drivers of electric vehicles.

Despite its environmental achievements, the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act substitutes electric vehicles for a more holistic, climate-friendly approach to urban planning and design.

People must both drive less and switch to electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change.

EVs are great, but they’re not perfect. Let’s end their free ride.

Last week, the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) released a new draft proposal for its Electric Vehicle Ready Code project, which would amend city zoning code to require electric vehicle charging at new multi-unit dwellings. But advocates for electric bikes – who frequently lament being left out of efforts to expand electric vehicle ... Read more

Despite San Jose’s lofty goal to reduce its carbon footprint, City Hall is eliminating a program that incentivizes people to drive electric vehicles. The city’s clean air parking permit program that provides free parking for electric vehicles at city-owned parking lots and on-street parking meters, is sunsetting at the end of June. The program began in 2001. But...

Electric vehicles are better than ever and selling in record numbers. But we're only in the early stages of building the infrastructure to support them. That's a problem.

If America wants to go all-in on electric, we'll have to figure something out for drivers who park on the street.

City anticipates surge in electric vehicles and could get federal money for charging stations.

UK roads are already jam-packed and that looks set to get worse as more people snap up EVs.

The days of driving a few blocks for cheaper fuel could rapidly be coming to an end. That might leave some areas without places for EVs to charge up.

Entrepreneurs envision a “mobility hub” that can save you a spot, help with dinner reservations and offer a place to plug in an E.V. Yes, apps are involved.