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Recently, a New Yorker article detailed the coming shortage of electricians across America: vocational programs at high schools have largely been shuttered, electricians currently in the field are aging, and the message to high school students for decades has emphasized college as the ultimate path to success. It’s not just electricians either; HVAC technicians, plumbers, […]

For the past few years our team at REACH has participated in one of our peak career activities - bringing electric vehicles (EVs) to the St. Louis Auto Show in partnership with Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois. The work has evolved over time, but this past year was different. We were able to deliver EV […]

For over a decade we've had the opportunity to be on the frontlines of the electric vehicle (EV) rollout. In 2011, when we first began the careful work of introducing the prospect of driving electric to communities across the country, EV sales accounted for just 0.2 percent of total US light-duty vehicle sales. That rate jumped […]

The last year marked a pivotal moment for the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) with some of the most landmark legislation ever supporting this field: the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA); and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). At the same time, 2022 saw substantial impact in advancing the transition to electric transportation across REACH-managed […]

On August 5th, 2021 the Biden Administration made an announcement that even a year ago would have been unthinkable. The President aims to have 50% of new car sales in the US come from clean vehicles (EVs, plug-in hybrids, and fuel cells) by 2030. US auto manufacturers and their largest labor union supported the declaration. […]

A new chapter is opening for our country and the world. As of May 2021, requests started coming in for the REACH team to return to field work. Our project partners across the country are starting to make plans to conduct in person events and activities that had been unthinkable during COVID’s first year. I […]

We typically use our blog to talk about issues related to work and things that we’re either interested in or are learning as a team, but recently we’ve been looking for people to join our team across the country and it occurred to me that we’ve never written about the best way to apply for […]

In light of the continued press of disturbing public health news, we have spent the past weeks helping our partners across the country — which include some of the nation’s largest companies, public agencies, and community organizations involved in electric vehicles and environmental issues — unwind from planned public outreach activities previously slated for the […]

Our partners have undoubtedly been following plans from the current Administration to slash funding for federal clean energy programs by 72%. Renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean transportation programs are on the chopping block.  By contrast, let’s look at how the rest of the world is gearing up for the economy of the future. We recently […]

Increasingly people are thinking about how to better promote electric vehicles at the national level and in key states. Our experience over the past few years underscores the importance of directly introducing prospective customers to these new exciting vehicles in order to drive EV adoption. Enhancing the Buying Experience The focus on the consumer showroom […]