Electric Cars

Colorado will pay up to $6,000 to residents who exchange their old, gas-powered cars for electric vehicles. Applications for the new program open this week.

The Colorado Sun co-founder and editor Larry Ryckman joined us to discuss an electric vehicle “cash for clunkers” program and how citizen scientists are helping save adorable wildlife.

In its second plan on electric vehicles filed with regulators, Xcel Energy proposes spending $145 million to build a public charging network over the next three years in addition to offering rebates and other programs.

Editor David Krause joined us to discuss the push to electrify large trucks and the guilty verdict handed down to a man for threatening the Colorado Secretary of State.

Policymakers in Colorado envision a future with close to a million electric cars on the road by 2030. But before all those electric cars can hit the roadways, we’ll need a way to charge them. That includes in rural areas, not typically electric vehicle hotbeds.

A new state campaign is trying to get more electric vehicles on the road. 'EV CO' launched last month - it's built around a new website that can help residents connect with resources and answer questions about electric vehicles.

Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Montana and Utah got the green light from the Biden administration on their plans for building out electric vehicle infrastructure, paving the way for big federal investments in fast-charging stations across the region.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg talked at the Western Governors Association meeting in Idaho this week. He says transportation innovation is especially important in our large, spread-out states. That includes continued efforts to build electric vehicle charging corridors.

There are nearly 1.5 million electric vehicles in the U.S. today. E.V. boosters want more government incentives to increase that. With little federal movement states like New Jersey are taking action.

Lime is all about electric vehicles — battery-powered scooters, that is. But now the company is also going to use plug-in vans for behind-the-scenes operations. And it's far from alone.