EV Charging Facilities - Preamble

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).

EV charging facilities are the most important infrastructure element. If consumers can’t fuel EVs conveniently, they are not likely to purchase EVs. To ensure that the number and type of charging facilities established match customer needs and expectations, community EV planners should become familiar with the following aspects of EV charging:

  • EV charging technology
  • The desirable location and quantity of existing and future EV charging facilities in the community
  • External factors affecting the installation of new charging facilities
  • The charging facility installation process
  • The impact of EV charging on the local utility’s generation, transmission and distribution systems, and a building’s electrical capacity
  • The cost of charging facilities
  • Justifications for securing investments needed to install additional charging facilities

The goal of this chapter is to provide implementors with the most current information—including case studies from the automotive and electric utility industries—on charging facilities. Using this information, implementors can work with other stakeholders to intelligently plan for and deploy EV charging facilities in residential and commercial structures and at public access locations. Throughout this process, each community will determine its own responsibilities, technology needs, and activities. Simply put, there are many avenues that a community can take to deliver EV charging facilities.

One pathway EV infrastructure planners might consider follows:

  • Conduct a general planning meeting with all stakeholders to discuss relevant issues
  • Survey early adopters of EVs to determine projected level of purchases, level of use, and charging requirements (timing, frequency, location and billing system)
  • Review available charging system technologies and determine approximate locations, quantities, capacities, and levels of charging
  • Work with local transportation planners, developers, and professional design firms to address land use planning and design issues
  • Develop an action plan that includes milestones, stakeholder responsibilities, and funding sources
  • Install charging facilities

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July 28, 2008 · Filed Under Electric Car Conversion Blog

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