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New Kid on the EV Block. Pay as you Go EVs

Who: Canoo brought to you by BMW & Uber alums

What: Subscription based EV use that cuts out dealerships and showrooms

What do you get for a monthly subscription: The vehicle, maintenance and insurance

Ownership: Resides with Canoo and do to the low maintenance nature of EVs, a Canoodled vehicle could live with several users over its lifetime

Electrek | Canoo is first EV company to rethink electric cars for new era of mobility

Local TREND. Smart Street Lights Meet Data Security.

Where: San Diego

What data security issue are smart street lights facing? San Diegoians don’t trust smart street lights

What data is being collected by San Diego’s smart street lights?

weather like humidity & air pressure
vehicle counts
pedestrian counts
parking information

How many smart street lights does San Diego have? 4,200

What protections has San Diego enacted? No 3rd party data sales

Is it the smart street light contract a campaign issue? Yes, focusing on government tracking citizen information and selling it off

San Diego Union Tribune | San Diego Can’t Quell its Smart Streetlights Controversy

Lege TREND. Bill to address auto-cycle vehicles

Where: Wisconsin

What is an auto-cycle? 3 wheeled vehicles that can seat 1-2 people

What is the legislation? SB 86 (2019 | WI)

What does the bill do?

define auto cycle as having seating that doesn’t require straddling + a steering wheel
$45 annual registration fee
require a regular driver’s license to drive an autocycle

WBAY | Legislature passes “autocycle” bill, creates new fee for three-wheelers

Regulatory TREND. No EV Tax Credits for EVs over $60K

Where: California

What the regulatory limits were placed on EV credit? California Air Resources Board clarified the EV tax credit to:

shift support from wealthy buyers to low- to moderate-income drivers
not allow credits for vehicles over $60,000
not allow credits for vehicles with less than 35 mile range
use of the Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule to calculate the all-electric range of plug-in hybrids
only one rebate per lifetime of individual or business

How does this regulatory change match with legislation? It rejects calls for EV credit expansion like, AB1046 (2019 | CA)

Electrek | California drops EV rebates for cars over $60k, plug-ins below 35 miles of EV range

Voters Approve Ride Share Tax.

Where: San Francisco

What:

3.25 % surcharge on individual rideshare rides
1.5% tax on shared rides or for zero-emissions vehicles
Begins January 2020 & sunsets in 2045

Passage rate: 67% of voters approved

Revenue potential: $35 million split between the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Fund & the San Francisco County Transportation Authority

Background: The surcharge is a negotiated position between the City and Ride Share. The ride share companies favored the surcharge over an increase in their tax rate.

SF Weekly | Tax on Uber, Lyft Rides Squeaks By — For Now

Congestion Pricing for Ride Share. 2 Counter Proposals.

Where: Chicago is considering congestion pricing for ride share

What counter proposals are being discussed?

Taxing the corporations directly or increasing the corporate license fee
Cap the number of rideshare licenses

Chicago Reporter | Lightfoot’s rideshare fee plan improves equity, but why not tax Uber and Lyft directly?

Local TREND. Airports + Ride Share.

What 2 methods are airports adopting to handle the influx of ride share traffic?

Relocation. Moving Lyft and Uber drivers from roads around the terminals to a parking garage
Systems. Assigning numeric codes to match drivers with passengers in line for rides

Wall Street Journal | Airports Tame the Ride-Sharing Rodeo