Support of Electric Vehicles and Charging Facilities

Editor’s Note: These series are selected from manual Electric Vehicle Community Market Launch Manual: A Guide to Prepare Your Community for Electric Vehicles which was prepared by the Electric Transportation Coalition (ETC) and the Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas (EVAA) in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

HIGHLIGHTS OF SECTION

PURPOSE

As EVs take to the road, support systems must be put in place that will provide EV owners with the same level of service, maintenance, and convenience that is available for owners of today’s internal combustion-engine vehicles. This section of the Manual provides an overview on EV and charging facility support services.

ISSUES ADDRESSED

  • Charging system maintenance
  • Vehicle maintenance
  • Battery recycling
  • EV emergency response training

General Conclusions

  1. Service for EV charging systems is crucial to ensuring that EVs are available for use.
  2. Vehicle maintenance is expected to be provided to the consumer by the vehicle seller.
  3. Today’s automotive lead-acid batteries are being recycled at a rate greater than 95%. Local communities should support the establishment and expansion of collection points for all types of spent automotive batteries.
  4. Local communities should consider encouraging a secondary-market for EV batteries and recycling of batteries that are no longer usable.
  5. Local communities must be prepared to offer the same level of emergency response for EVs that is currently available to internal-combustion-engine vehicles.

As EVs take to the roads, communities must establish support systems that will provide the EV owner with the same level of service and maintenance that is available for owners of today’s internal-combustion-engine vehicles. This virtually new support system is crucial to the successful introduction of EVs.

This section of the Manual provides the reader with an overview of:

  • EV Charging system maintenance
  • Vehicle maintenance
  • Battery recycling
  • EV emergency response training

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March 26, 2008 · Filed Under Electric Car Conversion Blog

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