Category Archives: EV electric vehicles

Business and Regulatory TREND. EV Transportation Corridor. WHO. WHAT. WHERE.

WHO: Nissan and EVgo

 

WHAT:

  • Transportation corridor to connect the cities of Boston and Washington
  • 9 electric vehicle fast-charging stations
  • 52 total fast chargers 
  • The…“I-95 Fast Charging ARC”
  • 4+  EVs simultaneously charge at a power output of 50 kW

 

WHERE: I-95 & EVgo’s charging network has 1,000 fast chargers stations spanning 34 states

NGT News | New EV Charging Corridor Launches Between D.C. and Boston

Regulatory TREND. Anatomy of an EV Coalition Touting EVs=Jobs

State: Maryland

The EV Coalition: 

  • PC44 Electric Vehicle Work Group Leader Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
  • Delmarva Power & Light Company
  • Potomac Electric Power Company
  • The Potomac Edison Company
  • ChargePoint
  • Greenlots
  • Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Sierra Club 
  • Chesapeake Climate Action Network
  • Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
  • Marylanders for Energy Democracy and Affordability
  • Pace Energy and Climate Center
  • Solar United Neighbors of Maryland

Supporters of the…

Local TREND. Exception to EV Charging Station Building Code Proposal

City: Menlo Park

The Ordinance goal is to standardize:

  • the type
  • quality
  • quantity
  • of all electric vehicle charging infrastructure
  • installed in future commercial and residential projects

The up in the air exception to the rules:

Whether the EV charger building requirements apply to Affordable Housing Projects.

The Almanac | Menlo Park council plugs into ordinance to boost EV charging stations

Local TREND. Anatomy of a Local EV Charging Station Building requirements.

City: Menlo Park

The Ordinance goal is to standardize:

  • the type
  • quality
  • quantity
  • of all electric vehicle charging infrastructure
  • installed in future commercial and residential projects

What are the practical implications:

  • 15% of the total number of required parking spaces would need to be “pre-wired” EV spaces in commercial buildings
  • 10%  of the total number of parking spaces would have to install charging stations in commercial buildings
  • projects affecting between 10,000 and 25,000…

How an EV rebate bill became an autonomous vehicle tax bill with this language:

California Legislature is considering AB1184 (2018 | CA). 

AB 1184 is touted as the Transportation Assistance Funding Act and intended to increase rebates for EVs and hybrids but was amended to:

  • include an autonomous vehicles riding tax for San Francisco City & County
  • 1 1/2% of net rider fares for riders who agree to share their ride sahre
  • 1 3/4 % for riders who do not agree to sharing
  • the tax revenue is dedicated to fund transportation operations and infrastructure in San Francisco County…

Local TREND. Punish Ride Share via Scooter Ordinances

A proposal in San Francisco would consider this when granting scooter licenses:

an applicant’s “past experience, including compliance with applicable laws and its efforts to ensure compliance by its users with applicable laws.”

SF Chronicle | Scooter wars: SF may penalize Lyft, Uber for ride-hail misdeeds

By the Numbers Ride Share v. Car Ownership. New Study.

Study: AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

The numbers for the average urban driver:

  • drives 10,841 miles per year
  • ride share would cost $20,118 annually
  • Ride share only would cost the average urbanite 2 times as much per year

What are annual ride hailing costs across major metro areas?

Atlanta$17,741

Nashville$26,397

Austin$19,821

New York $21,279

Baltimore$19,917

Philadelphia$23,201

Boston$27,545

Phoenix$17,436

Chicago$22,020

Pittsburgh$18,940

Cleveland$20,091

Salt Lake City$18,86…

Business, Legal and Regulatory TREND. Recouping the Cost of EV Charging Stations. Coming to a Legislature Near You.

WHERE: Missouri

What happened? Courts are determining whether EV charging stations are a means of obtaining a charging service or more like a gas station?

What’s the impact? If the EV charging stations are treated like gas stations then utilities can add EV charging stations in their rate base

What did the state PUC argue? That the EV charging stations offer a service, not the sale of electricity, and are not to be included in the rate base

What are Missouri courts saying? An Appellate…

Regulatory TREND | Reduce Utility Rates for EV Charging. WHO. WHAT. WHERE. HOW.

WHO |  DTE Energy & Consumers Energy

WHAT |  Include in their 3 year plans a reduction in utility rates for EV charging

WHERE | Michigan

HOW |  

  • incentivizing EV drivers to charge at home during off-peak hours
  • the shift will drive down rates for all customers by millions of dollars
  • DTE’s $13 million pilot program for time of use rebates

Energy News | Michigan utilities look to lower rates through EV time of use charging