Electric Vehicles - D.C.
Basics: Why electrify & technology EVs & the vehicle market Agenda Basics: Why electrify & technology EVs & the vehicle market Challenges to deployment EVs and solar, and S.U.N.’s work D.C. policy Q&A I’m going to move somewhat quickly because I want to cover all of this, the basics, the current market
Benefits: health and climate Why electric vehicles? Current asthma rates among District adults, Ranked by Ward Source DOEE, VW Spending Plan Benefits: health and climate
Why electric vehicles? Economic Miles driven annually Solar power needed** 3,500 1 kW 7,000 2 kW 10,500 3 kW 14,000 4 kW 17,500 5 kW 21, 000 6 kW Great pair with solar
EV Technology Basics
Charging Technology
Market Snapshot
Market Outlook What’s driving this? Battery pack costs driving vehicle costs. Governments. For example the Clean Energy DC Act.
Market Snapshot 2,322 EVs in DC among 310,000 registrations = .0074 or ¾ of 1%
Challenges (Reality check: .3 of 1% of US cars are EVs) Barriers to greater adoption often cited Consumer awareness Consumer feelings about sticker price Consumer perception about range factors Charging infrastructure 2% of vehicle sales in us in 2018
Charging Infrastructure in DC Roughly 80 “public” chargers now 2 Fast Chargers EV growth Future charging needs
Insufficient Charging infrastructure About 9.6 million charge ports to support 18.7 million EVs in 2030 (Source EEI) 80% of charging done at home Our data says about 50% of EV owner have level 1 Increased vehicle battery range - faster charging needed
How Can We Help?
Arlington Solar and EV Charger Co-op Pilot
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Federal and D.C. Policy Federal tax credit incentives for EVs - up to $7,500 DC excise tax relief - 6% (e.g. $21,000 is $1,260), c.f. 100% RPS law efficiency weighting DC incentive for charging equipment - 50% of installation and equipment costs up to $1,000) Utility program – $500 rebates on level 2 charging for residential and time of use charging rate Other, transportation electrification policy
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