Many Underserved Communities Face EV ‘Charging Deserts.’ These 5 Strategies Can Help. risk of leaving behind if charging infrastructure
in California are taking similar approaches by mapping multifamily housing density in their jurisdictions and prioritizing those areas for public charging to support residents who cannot yet access at-home charging.In dense cities, proportions of renters and residents of multifamily housing are frequently high.
New York City has partnered with electric utility Con Edison and charging company FLO to pilot curbside charging since 2021; initial results are promising. Afound that charger usage and reliability were high, with utilization rates reaching 54% in some areas, thanks to charger placement in easily accessible curbside locations. The city will use the pilot results to tweak, improve and expand the program to more residents.
An electric vehicle is hooked up to a pole-mounted charging station in Los Angeles. The city is adding hundreds of these chargers to streetlights to expand access to curbside charging. Photo byPublicly accessible charging infrastructure is often owned and operated by private charging providers like Blink, Chargepoint and Tesla. The charging fees are not standardized and vary greatly, which is confusing for customers.
If local governments own or contract chargers through municipal procurement processes, there’s opportunity to influence how fees are set and whether to differentiate fees by user type. For example,recently released a request for proposal that requires charging fees to be set within 20% of the market price within the area. They also requested a 30-day notice on charging fee changes for infrastructure owned or funded by the city.
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