The Electrification Coalition (EC) is proud to launch The Electrification Roadmap Series, a new, in-depth assessment of the policies, infrastructure, and market foundations needed to scale U.S. transportation electrification at a pivotal moment. Following the original 2009 Electrification Roadmap and the Fleet Electrification Roadmap, this new series will provide public- and private- sector stakeholders with sector analysis and best practices. We will address specific market challenges with actionable strategies that accelerate infrastructure buildout, energize markets, address supply chain challenges, and support the institutions needed for large-scale deployment in the United States.
To kick off the new series, the EC is releasing two papers in April 2026, with more papers to come throughout 2026 and 2027. The first paper provides a framework for national decision-making and implementation, with subsequent papers addressing distinct components of the transition, beginning with medium- and heavy-duty charging infrastructure deployment.
Paper 1
Ending Oil Dependence for Transportation: A Strategic Framework to Advance
Electrification
To launch The Electrification Roadmap Series, this paper lays the foundation for understanding the EV market’s “messy middle” and introduces the policy, infrastructure, and supply chain challenges that future papers will examine in detail.
Paper 2
Electrifying the Future of Freight: Strategies to Accelerate Medium- and Heavy-Duty Charging Infrastructure Deployment
The second paper in The Electrification Roadmap Series dives into medium and heavy duty charging, breaking down the key barriers to electric truck charging deployment and identifying the state, local, and utility strategies needed to overcome them.
Upcoming papers will delve deeper into additional topics, including light-duty charging infrastructure, affordability, the grid, and supply chains. To be notified when future papers are released, subscribe to our newsletter.
Background
Since the Electrification Coalition (EC) published the original Electrification Roadmap in 2009, the landscape for electric vehicles and transportation energy systems has changed profoundly. The foundational assessment made more than fifteen years ago—that U.S. transportation’s dependence on oil poses structural economic and national security risks to the United States—holds true today. Yet the underlying conditions have evolved, and the scale of what is now possible has expanded considerably.
Over this period, early constraints identified in the Roadmap—battery cost and performance, charging availability, grid integration, and consumer confidence—shifted as technologies matured, manufacturing advanced, and deployment experience accumulated. Demonstration efforts and deployment programs helped accelerate learning, clarify real-world barriers, and lay the foundations for broader market growth. Most recently, the war in Iran has triggered an energy crisis, calling into question the durability of the global fossil fuel economy and lending additional credence to the economic and national security arguments for a rapid transition to electric transportation.