Today I Learned – July 2025

NACFE does most of its work in the field at industry events and staff members hear a lot of interesting things each month. Here are some things we learned recently. Contact us if you want to ask questions about where and how we learned what we share here.

In a recent automotive survey, 58.9% of respondents cited the “high cost of vehicle” as the primary barrier preventing BEV adoption, not “range,” “available charging network,” or “battery concern.”

— Ken North, Emerging Technologies Consultant

A U.S. District Judge temporarily barred the administration from freezing about $5 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding that 14 states planned to use for electric vehicle charging networks.

— Dean Bushey, Director of Programs

The technologies in Run on Less – Messy Middle power vehicles using either internal combustion engines burning a fuel or electric motors. The question is how the combustible fuel options and electric powering option perform in operations, cost, and practicality.

— Rob Graff, Senior Technical Advisor

Henry Albert of Team Run Smart was getting 6.7 MPG from his first truck in 1996. That’s the 2024 national average MPG, according to NACFE’s Fleet Fuel Study. Today, Henry often exceeds 11 MPG!

— Rick Mihelic, Director of Emerging Technologies

About half of all biodiesel in production is made from soybean oil that was not used for food products.

— Kim Ehrenhaft, Design Director