Electric Vehicles

More than one out of every 10 new cars sold in the state is electric, which is above the national average.

Even though the state has long been eligible for nearly $200 million in federal funding to bankroll EV charging installations, Florida has yet to open applications for businesses to access the money.

Electric vehicle fires after flood events represent a significant challenge to the modern fire service.

While a Florida lawmaker says "we need to embrace the technology while also ensuring safety,” one clean energy advocate disagrees with tacking on fees to EVs drivers.

Has your view of Elon Musk changed now that he is heading up DOGE? Those who do are being called to join picket lines in a "global day of protest" on March 29.

In Miami-Dade, depending on the day, only five to seven of the county’s 75 EV buses are in service. In Broward, none of Broward’s fleet of 42 EVs buses managed to run routes earlier this month.

Not every EV flooded by storm surge goes up in flames but it’s become frequent enough that insurers, car makers, fire chiefs and politicians have all issued warnings to EV owners in advance of the expected devastation of Hurricane Milton. And it’s not just cars that are a concern.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we discussed possible tweaks to new condo reform laws, the growing need for EV fast charging stations across the state, recent claims on Florida’s abortion ballot initiative, the growing number of incarceration deaths and an update on activity in the Atlantic.

The state has been sitting on nearly nearly $110 million in federal funds intended to install fast charges and it’s not yet clear if it will meet a fast-approaching deadline that would free up another $88 million.

With federal funding obtained by U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, the department will begin purchasing the new vehicles for future use.

A bill that would’ve added a $200 annual license tax to register electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles died before the end of Florida’s annual legislative session, never getting a hearing from the Senate’s Appropriations Committee.

For many drivers of EVs in Florida — the nation’s second largest market for electrical vehicles — premature tire wear has become an unexpected black mark on vehicles promoted as a green climate-friendly option to gas-gulping cars.