DATE:
October 16, 2019
02
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
ELECTRIC VEHICLE ROADMAP (DISTRICTS: ALL)
Body
OVERVIEW
On April 10, 2019 (8), the County of San Diego (County) Board of Supervisors (Board) directed the Chief Administrative Officer to develop an Electric Vehicle Roadmap (Roadmap) building on related local studies and progress to date, identify funding sources to support the Roadmap, and return to the Board with recommendations for review and approval. The Roadmap was to include, but not be limited to, strategies to increase electric vehicle (EV) ownership and use, install charging infrastructure, and identify future grant opportunities to support recommendations.
Barriers to EV market growth have historically included public perception of vehicle range limitations, up front vehicle cost, and charging infrastructure availability. However, EV market growth has been trending up and has been spurred by State of California (State) and local policies focused on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through electrification of the transportation network and through vehicle incentives. The State's existing EV goals include 1.5 million zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) registered by 2025 and 5 million ZEVs registered by 2030. ZEVs are vehicles that run on fuels other than gasoline and include a variety of low-to-no GHG emission technologies including battery electric EVs, plug-in hybrid EVs, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
To meet State ZEV goals there will need to be an increase in EV ownership and significant investment in public and workplace charging infrastructure to meet projected demand. The region currently has approximately 35,000 ZEVs, 1,741 public charging stations including 201 fast chargers, and 3,055 workplace chargers. According to SANDAG research, there will need to be approximately 136,500 ZEVs by 2025 and a total of 449,400 ZEVs by 2030 in the region. To support increased regional charging demand, 6,600 publicly accessible cha...
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