Projects

Southern California Regional Collaborative Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging Installation and Upgrade SoCal EV Ready Project

To prepare for the rollout of plug-in electric vehicles in the Los Angeles region, the Southern California Regional Collaborative (SCRC) will install and upgrade plug-in electric (PEV) chargers in multiple locations throughout the Los Angeles Metropolitan Region. The SCRC is comprised of 23 public agency partners as well as private sector participants.

Market launch announcements by major auto manufacturers, the quantity of battery electric vehicles in the 1990s, and hybrid vehicle market penetration in Southern California strongly suggests that the six-county Southern California region in SCRC will have the largest market penetration of PEVs in the United States. Forty-five percent of hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) sold nationally were sold in the Los Angeles region and the demand for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in the Los Angeles area is also expected to be strong. The SoCal EV Ready Project will fund at least 315 upgrades and new chargers for fleets, workplace and public locations. The number of installations will depend on the availability of partnership funding.

Grant Amount

The Energy Commission is providing $840,750.

Match Funding

Project partners are matching an equal amount.

Project Participants

The Southern California Regional Collaborative is comprised of 23 member public agency partners. These Partners include:

City of Anaheim
City of Beverly Hills
City of Claremont
City of El Segundo
City of Inglewood
City of Long Beach
City of Los Angeles
City of Palmdale
City of Pasadena
City of Santa Monica
City of South Pasadena
City of Thousand Oaks
County of Los Angeles
County of San Bernardino
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Los Angeles
Long Beach City College
Los Angeles Community College District
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
California Department of Transportation, District 7
South Coast Air Quality Management District

Project Benefits

Southern California has established a regional coalition that ranges from the ocean to the desert and Santa Barbara County through Orange County. It represents a population of approximately 18 million and is one of the most environmentally challenged regions in the nation. PEVs in the Southern California market will reduce the region’s dependence on petroleum, with reductions in GHG emissions and criteria air pollutants, including air toxics. The annual GHG savings for each electric vehicle is estimated at 4.6 tons of CO2.The chargers will support existing and new PEVs expected to enter the market over the next several years. These charging stations will encourage PEV sales and give new PEV drivers confidence to travel throughout the region. The geographic distribution of project partners will ensure that some fueling infrastructure is available across a broad area. The SCRC project will also create hundreds of jobs in the electric transportation field and benefit the entire California-based EV-related industry. Establishment of the Los Angeles region as a PEV-ready area could also attract potential “EV Readiness” federal funding.