The EV Project was a real-world study of the deployment and use of charging infrastructure and Plug-In Electric Vehicles (PEVs). It was performed at the very beginning of the first widespread sale of PEVs in US history. The results of the study of the deployment process in San Diego County and the use of the charge infrastructure both at home and away-from-home, will inform California governments, business & industry and citizens on how it was done, how it was used, and hopefully how best to deploy charging infrastructure that gets used more often and promotes the ongoing adoption of PEVs.
This project planned, permitted, installed, operated, collected data and reported on the use of over 1,500 chargers. It collected data from 1,339 PEVs that used this charge infrastructure.
These vehicles operated over 18,200,000 electric miles and generated data from over 600,000 distinct charge events during two years of an expanding charging landscape.
The resulting reports, charts, graphs and maps provide information that allows the reader to observe the changing PEV and charging landscape as it actually happened. This report takes the reader back to understand what was done, why it was done and what can be learned from the experience.
Finally, the project leaves a legacy of charging infrastructure in place at California homes and businesses for PEV drivers to continue to use helping to pave the way for a more sustainable personal transportation future for California’s citizens.
Author(s)
Thomas Garetson, Steven Schey, Jim Stanley, Paul Gordon
