For this project, the South Coast Air Quality Management District is partnering with EVgo, Clean Fuel Connection, Inc., University of California Los Angeles Luskin Center for Innovation, and Three Squares, Inc. The South Coast Air Quality Management District team is already working on several projects to construct a robust direct current fast charger network along major freeways. Existing projects focus on the greater Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties. The proposed new project will extend the growing east-west direct current fast charging corridor to four locations in Riverside County, further connecting the metropolitan areas of Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Palm Springs. The evolutionary landscape for fast charging has evolved considerably since this project was initially funded in 2014 and a significant amount of learning and best practices have been developed. This report will discuss the overall deployment of seven fast chargers to the existing fast charging network in the greater Los Angeles region and best practices in the areas of siting and site selection, hardware, installation, networking software and services, and education outreach so that other jurisdictions and agencies implementing fast charging in their region may benefit.
Author(s)
Patricia Kwon, South Coast Air Quality Management District; Jonah Eidus, Evgo; Enid Joffe, Clean Fuel Connection, Inc.; Jaime Nack, Three Squares, Inc.; J.R. DeShazo, University of California, Los Angeles Luskin Center for Innovation
