

(Kathy Gunst/Here & Now)Īnd then we headed to Mandarin Plaza, where we found the James Beard Award finalist restaurant the Angry Egrette, which does not serve Chinese food at all but some of the best fish tacos I’ve ever tasted. Fish tacos from Angry Egrette in Chinatown. We walked past the Bruce Lee statue where so many movies were filmed. Ulysses pointed out the dumpling shops and small mom-and-pop shops that sell basic home goods. We met our guide, Ulysses Salcito from Culinary Backstreet’s Culinary Walking Tours of LA, on foot under the arch at the entrance to LA’s New Chinatown.

But walking is a unique way to see parts of the city you can't see behind the wheel. Most people in LA drive and drive and drive … and sit in lots of traffic. Walking is not exactly what comes to mind when you think of LA. A few months ago, I took a five-hour walking food tour of several LA neighborhoods. There are more than 4,000 taco trucks and close to 25,000 restaurants in LA County that represent cultures and cuisine from all over the world. Los Angeles is one of the most exciting, diverse food cities in the country. The report also explores the current landscape of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, and identifies what will be required to scale up EV adoption.Mochi in many flavors from Fugetsu-Do (Kathy Gunst/Here & Now) It is based on RMI’s survey of 91 fleet managers operating large fleets, as well as 18 in-depth interviews conducted with fleet managers representing a cross-section of fleet types.

This report offers the first comprehensive assessment of how major US fleet managers are approaching the electrification of their fleets. Organizations with large fleets will need to undertake a fundamental business restructuring in order to execute a successful transition to electric vehicles (EVs). But in order to electrify their vehicles at scale, they will need to begin serious planning for it now. Rocky Mountain Institute’s report, Steep Climb Ahead-How Fleet Managers Can Prepare for the Coming Wave of Electrified Vehicles, finds that major fleet managers have begun electrifying their fleets, which will ultimately save them money and reduce their carbon footprints.
