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CTE's Executive Director, Dan Raudebaugh, speaks with Jason Margolis on PRI's The World about the future of electric vehicles, China's domination in the electric bus market, the difficulty of transitioning to new energy sources, and the United States' effort to get on board.

CTE wrote an article for ACT News on our work to electrify the heavy-duty vehicle industry. Transportation accounts for 30% of the greenhouse gas emissions in the US with 25% of these emissions coming from the medium and heavy-duty vehicle markets. Consider this within the context that medium and heavy-duty vehicles represent just 4% of the vehicles on the road. This is the driver behind our work removing fossil fueled vehicles from the road.

Anheuser-Busch, BYD (Build Your Dreams), the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), and ENGIE Services U.S. (ENGIE) announced that Anheuser-Busch will be deploying 21 BYD battery electric trucks in their California fleet as part of a state project to showcase economically and environmentally sustainable warehousing and distribution technology. This is a landmark achievement as the largest Class 8 electric truck deployment in North America.

The Center for Transportation & the Environment (CTE) was selected by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to coordinate research and outreach priorities for the newly created Transit Vehicle Innovation Deployment Centers (TVIDCs).

Last weekend, Proterra's first zero-emission bus (ZEB) was inducted into the National Bus Museum in Hershey, PA. This bus was successfully designed, built, and demonstrated around North America under a partnership between the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Proterra, and CTE, among others.

CTE commends the House Subcommittee on Transportation-Housing Appropriations for approving federal legislation for the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) appropriations bill that would increase grant amounts for transit infrastructure.

The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) was selected by the Alexandria Transit Company (DASH) in Alexandria, Virginia to perform a zero-emission bus fleet feasibility and planning study.