Automotive & Mobility

Electric vehicles are selling fast in the Treasure Valley. The infrastructure to power them across a vast, rural state is scrambling to keep pace.

Steep grades, extreme cold, and long distances between towns make Idaho's high country the ultimate test of electric range.

Scooters, shared bikes, and other lightweight options are wagering that a denser downtown will finally make them viable in Idaho.

Delivery vans, municipal vehicles, and corporate fleets are electrifying faster than personal cars. The economics, it turns out, favor the switch.

Idaho's auto dealers built their business on gas engines and service bays. The transition to EVs threatens the model that made them.

Where the big networks won't go, a scrappy set of local operators is building the chargers that could keep rural Idaho on the electric map.

The long, straight interstates crossing the state are ideal proving grounds for self-driving freight. The implications for trucking jobs are profound.

As traffic thickens with growth, the capital is investing in public transportation. Overcoming decades of car-centric development won't be easy.

Quietly, electric bicycles have become a genuine transportation option in Idaho's cities and mountain towns alike. The infrastructure is catching up.

Cold weather is electric vehicles' oldest enemy. Idaho's harsh winters are a demanding classroom for the whole industry.

Rugged, self-sufficient vehicle travel has become a lifestyle and an industry, and Idaho's endless backcountry is its natural home.

As Idaho grows, its small airports are seeing new investment and new routes. Connecting a far-flung state by air is a growing priority.

Even as the state races toward an electric future, a passionate community keeps its automotive heritage running — and increasingly valuable.

Recreational vehicles have become big business in a state built for the outdoors. Manufacturing, sales, and tourism all feel the surge.

For the trucks and machines that batteries struggle to power, hydrogen offers an alternative. Whether it arrives in Idaho is far from settled.

As the first wave of electric vehicles ages into the secondhand market, a new set of questions — and opportunities — arrives with them.

The roads that knit the state together were built for a smaller Idaho. Congestion and maintenance backlogs are the price of the boom.

Servicing electric vehicles requires entirely new skills. The state's technical schools are racing to retool a workforce built for combustion.