Electric vehicles

An electric car-sharing service will provide nonemergency rides to seniors in St. Louis while offsetting fossil fuel emissions.

The Metro Transit fleet has added 18 new electric buses in hopes of creating a greener St. Louis. It’s one of the largest deployments of the zero-emission vehicles in the nation.

Mayor Lyda Krewson hopes to swap out the city’s gas fleet for an electric one, but that's going to take a long time.

Mayor Krewson recently signed a bill mandating more electric vehicle charging stations in the city. Linda Little, assistant director of the Electrical Industry Training Center, explains how the St. Louis company helped standardize the EV charging process nationally 10 years ago.

Owners of electric vehicles who live in or travel to St. Louis may soon find more places where they can charge their cars. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen earlier this month gave first-round approval to requirements for installing electric vehicle charging stations. A final vote could come Friday, and Mayor Lyda Krewson is expected to sign the measure.

Metro Transit announced Tuesday a deal with Minnesota-based New Flyer of America to add 14 zero-emission buses to the city’s fleet. The new buses stretch 60 feet long and come with a price tag of $1.33 million each. Eighty percent of the cost will be covered by grants from the Federal Transit Administration.

Ameren Missouri will build electric vehicle charging stations along Interstates 70, 40 and 55. Midwestern utilities are working on the plan to assure owners of electric vehicles that they can travel long distances. The stations could help limit carbon emissions, a key part of addressing climate change.

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