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By the numbers. Automaker Spending on EV & AV. The legislative & regulatory frontier. Bonjour new laws & rules.

  • In 2017 $226 Billion spent by automakers on EV & AV 
  • 2017 numbers are up 47% from 2012
  • By 2023, $255 billion in R&D and capital expenditures
  • 22.5% of Americans are “likely” to purchase a plug-in electric vehicle

ALIX PARTNERS | A ‘pile-up of epic proportions’ awaits auto industry as investments necessary to an electric and autonomous future balloon just as market slows, according to AlixPartners study

Tech Crunch |  Automakers are burning through billions in EV, AV race

13 States +1 Adopt Higher Emissions Standards. Red. Blue. & Purple States.

States imposing the current federal emissions standards, that match the California emissions standards:

  • California
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Maine 
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • Vermont
  • Washington
  • + Colorado

Fox 31 Denver | via AP | Colorado to adopt California’s stricter car pollution rules

3 Reasons Colorado Governor Orders State to Comply with Stricter California Emissions Standards. The Opposition:

On June 19th, Colorado Governor ordered the state to comply with California emissions standards because:

  • to resist the Trump administration softening of emissions rules
  • to protect farmers, farming and farm land
  • to protect the Colorado wilderness
  • to protect communities “susceptible to air pollution and a changing climate”
  • for Colorado’s health and future

The opposition: Colorado Automobile Dealers Association

What does the opposition say: 

  • more Coloradoans buy large trucks and SUVs
  • “We’re…

Business TREND. Insurance Policies for Ride Share Riders.

Business: Startup Sure Inc. and underwriter Chubb

The insurance policy: 

  • “RideSafe” policies for ride share passengers
  • accidental medical, death and dismemberment insurance coverage for the ride

Doesn’t ride share cover liaility insurance that covers passengers? Yes, but this policy will:

  • cover some of those gaps in coverage
  • cover medical copayments
  • cover times when the ride share libaility poliocy is not in effect
  • cost is $2.40 for 24 hours of coverage on any number of rides

Availaibilit…

+1 Major City Electric Scooter Ordinance. 3 Points from Messaging from E Scooter Companies

CITY: San Francisco

San Francisco’s ordinance sets up:

  • The Powered Scooter Share Permit Program
  • 1 year pilot program
  • Up to 5 e-scooter operator permits will be issued
  • initial  6 months, as many as 1,250 scooters may be permitted.
  • An increase can occur and allow  up to 2,500 scooters 

What are e-scooter companies’ positions?

  • conciliatory
  • want to operate in legal framework
  • “meaningful and responsible part of your transportation landscape”
  • committed to the Save Our Sidewalks Pledge to…

+1 Coastal City New Electric Scooter Rules. Cap scrapped in favor of this:

City: Santa Monica

The new electric scooter rules:

  • 6-month pilot program
  • dynamic cap the number of electric scooters and bicycles (not set yet and can be extended)
    • the 1500 cap was scrapped
  • limit the number of companies that operate the vehicles
  • impose a fee on the companies for operations $20,000 operation fee + $50 per vehicle

Does Santa Monica have a history with electric scooters? Yes, it was the 1st city Bird offered scooters in starting September 2017

CNET | Santa Monica hits…

Lege Trend. Regulatory Trend. Procurement Opportunity. Smart Stoplights. Red Light Cameras Meet Minority Report

What are smart stoplights?

  • networked traffic lights
  • connected to video cameras
  • respond quickly to changing traffic conditions
  • prioritize signals for emergency vehicles
  • make crossings safer for cyclists and pedestrians

The Vendor: Miovision

Testing grounds: 5 intersections in Detroit

Governing | These Smarter Stoplights Could Be Lifesavers

New National Academies Study. Public Transit not murdered by Ride Share

The Study:   Who’s Riding TNCs and What Does It Mean for Public Agencies?, by  Shared-Use Mobility Center, an imprint of the Transit Cooperative Research Program at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine in partnership with an unnamed ride share company

Key to be informed: peak ridership of TNCs occurred when public transit scales back- nights & weekend

Gov Tech | Think Uber and Lyft Are Killing Transit? Think Again