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Average annual highway vehicle miles traveled per capita varies by state

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On a per-capita basis, the number of vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) on the nation’s roads varies from a low of 5,300 annual miles in the District of Columbia to 16,900 annual miles in Wyoming. These data are for 2017, the most recent year for which vehicle miles of travel are available. Values rounded to the nearest hundred miles.

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Electrify America to more than double its current EV charging network by end of 2025

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The expansion will increase the deployment of 150 and 350 kilowatt chargers—the fastest speed available today. In addition to adding to its existing network in the US, Electrify America will also expand its Electrify Canada charging network which began installations in 2019.

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‘West Electric Highway’ develops EV charging in eight Western States

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ChargeWest and Utah Clean Cities have formed a coalition of at least 21 different partners from eight states, including Montana, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, and New Mexico, as well as two national organizations, the Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Program and the National Association of State Energy Officials.

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PNNL study finds that PHEVs and BEVs could serve as feasible resource to offset grid imbalances caused by integration of large amounts of intermittent wind generation

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The report examined grid conditions in the Northwest Power Pool, which covers Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming; many of them home to abundant wind resources and wind energy projects. A limiting case was defined that postulated that all electric vehicles be available 24x7 performing V2GFull services—i.e.,

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States with the highest and lowest truck traffic on interstate highways

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The data are for 2019. The 2019 data presented in this analysis somewhat underestimate the percentage of current truck traffic. Specifically, truck traffic in 2021 is generally higher than in 2019, while passenger-vehicle traffic is still down. There are no rural interstates in the District of Columbia and Delaware.).

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The Future of Fission Reactors May Be Small

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Even more discouragingly, nuclear’s per-unit cost increased 26 percent between 2009 and 2019—while solar and wind power prices plummeted instead. I think, in the next 15, 20 years, there is going to be a real chance for SMRs to be commercially available and widely deployed.” Where, then, can SMR operators turn for fuel?

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