evs – California Climate and Energy Collaborative

Electrics vehicles are coming, and New England and California better watch out

November 12, 2018

electric grid, electric vehicles, evs, US

“Consider the following: the transportation sector (planes, trains, and automobiles) accounts for almost 29% of all energy consumed in the United States. The vast majority of that energy comes from oil-derived fuels, such as the gasoline and diesel we use in our cars. Switching to an electrified fleet of vehicles has the potential to reduce…

Opinion: My turn: How to meet the new climate change challenge

November 2, 2018

Sarina Soor

CA, electricity, evs, transportation

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“In almost every respect, California is demonstrating global leadership. We have bold policies requiring that the electric grid become powered by 100 percent clean energy by 2045 and all new homes must be built with solar panels starting in 2020, and we have the nation’s strictest energy efficiency standards. But there is a missing piece…

Capturing The Federal Ev Tax Credit For Public Fleets

September 14, 2018

Sarina Soor

alameda county, evs

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Alameda County, California, led a collective electric vehicle (EV) purchase of 90 EVs for ten county and municipal public fleets. The aggregate procurement resulted in the purchase of 64 Ford Focus EV sedans at $31,361 per vehicle and 23 Nissan LEAF EV sedans for $33,947 per vehicle.The jurisdictions also conducted aggregate procurements for EV charging…

E-buses to surge even faster than EVs as conventional vehicles fade

September 6, 2018

Sarina Soor

ebus, electric bus, evs

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“The electrification of road transport will move into top gear in the second half of the 2020s, thanks to tumbling battery costs and larger-scale manufacturing, with sales of electric cars racing to 28%, and those of electric buses to 84%, of their respective global markets by 2030. The latest long-term forecast from Bloomberg New Energy…

California paradox: SUVs sell briskly, but so do electric cars

August 24, 2018

Sarina Soor

evs, SUVs

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“When it comes to fuel efficiency and climate change, California’s car market appears to have a split personality.” Click here to read more from SF Chronicle.

Postcard from the Future: Latest on how states are preparing the grid for electric vehicles

June 25, 2018

Sarina Soor

electric vehicles, evs, microgrids

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“A number of states are embracing the electric vehicle revolution, enacting programs intended to boost EV use on our nation’s roads. Most recently, New Jersey, New York and California announced plans to invest in EV infrastructure.” Click here to read more from Microgridknowledge.

San Luis Obispo to install electric vehicle chargers

June 7, 2018

Sarina Soor

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“The City of San Luis Obispo will soon install five electric vehicle chargers at the new Park and Ride Lot on Calle Joaquin. The lot, the first in the city, opened in February with 31 spots. The chargers are funded, at no cost to the city, by a California Energy Commission (CEC) grant and support…

Clean vehicles as an enabler for a clean electricity grid

June 4, 2018

Sarina Soor

electric vehicles, energy storage, evs, storage

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California has issued ambitious targets to decarbonize transportation through the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs), and to decarbonize the electricity grid through the expansion of both renewable generation and energy storage. These parallel efforts can provide an untapped synergistic opportunity for clean transportation to be an enabler for a clean electricity grid. To quantify this…

SF aims for fully electric bus fleet by 2035

June 4, 2018

Sarina Soor

evs, san francisco, zevs

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“While advocates say that transition can’t come soon enough, city officials said it could cost San Francisco hundreds of millions of dollars. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority is moving toward transitioning the more than 800 buses in its fleet to run on battery-powered energy that simply plugs in and charges, “similar to a Prius,”…

EVs could save California billions in energy storage investment

June 4, 2018

Sarina Soor

energy storage, evs

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“Electric vehicles could become a vital asset for California grid operators who are struggling to bring more renewables online. The state’s rapid adoption of solar power is contributing to a problem known as the “duck curve” — a deep dip in demand during solar-saturated midday hours, followed by a steep ramp in the evening as…

Supercharging the buildout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure – Apr 24

April 5, 2018

Sarina Soor

electric vehicles, evs

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California Governor Jerry Brown set a goal of five million electric vehicles (EVs) on the roads by 2030. To achieve that goal, the state needs an extensive network of EV charging stations. California is planning for 250,000 EV chargers, including 10,000 fast chargers, by 2025. The PAEC Initiative studied best practices, barriers, and tools for…

For Tesla, ‘Production Hell’ looks like the reality of the car business

April 5, 2018

Sarina Soor

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“Tesla began producing electric cars at its plant in Fremont, Calif., six years ago, starting with small quantities and ramping up to about 100,000 vehicles last year. Now, as it tries to double or triple that number, the company and its chief executive, Elon Musk, are getting a lesson in how hard it is to…

Chula Vista’s new 100% electric fleet vehicles

March 29, 2018

Sarina Soor

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“Powered by Measure P, the half-cent sales tax approved by 68% of its voters in 2016, the City of Chula Vista was able to purchase a fleet of 15 new long-range electric vehicles: 12 Hyundai Ioniqs and three Chevy Bolts. The vehicles will be deployed as part of the city’s senior volunteer patrol and code…

Berkeley looks at EVs, markets, gas withholding

March 29, 2018

Sarina Soor

CPUC, electric vehicles, ev charging, evs, IOUs

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““The electric vehicle market is transforming on a daily basis,” California Public Utilities Commissioner Carla Peterman said on Friday at the annual POWER Conference at University of California Berkeley. There are about 376,000 light duty EVs, 43 models and 22,000 public charging stations in the state, she said. “Our investor-owned utilities have a critical role…