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EVs

In rural Appalachia, drivers can save money with EVs. Tennessee researchers want to speed the transition.

Caroline Eggers

May 6, 2025

Rural residents might stand to benefit more than their urban counterparts by switching to electric vehicles.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, electric vehicles, EVs, transportation

Tennessee now has 2,000 public EV chargers

Caroline Eggers

December 2, 2024

Tennessee has been trailing the national average for electric vehicle purchases and charging infrastructure, but that could change.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: electric vehicles, EVs, transportation

Tennessee electric vehicle drivers will soon face the highest taxes in nation

Caroline Eggers

March 31, 2023

Tennessee drivers going electric will face new taxes starting next year. On Thursday, the Tennessee General Assembly passed the Transportation Modernization Act, a $3.3 billion package from Gov. Bill Lee’s administration that creates new funding streams for road projects.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: electric vehicles, EVs, transportation

Study being done to search for gravesite at site of Ford’s Blue Oval City

Blaise Gainey

November 29, 2022

The Memphis Corps of Engineers is looking into what may be a former gravesite on part of the mega site of Ford’s Blue Oval City in West Tennessee. 

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Blue Oval City, Economic Development, electric vehicle, EVs, ford megasite, memphis corps of engineers, West Tennessee

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