Ford Reveals All-Electric Explorer SUV For The European Market

More

New Kia Concept EV5 previews all-electric SUV for Chinese market

More

The Volkswagen ID. 2all previews sub-25,000 euros electric car

More

The Kia EV9 all-electric SUV revealed

More

Truemag

  • Electric Car News
  • Electric Car Reviews
  • Plug-in Hybrids
  • Technology
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise
  • Charging Map

SDGE to Install 3,500 EV Charging Stations

San Diego Gas & Electric will install thousands of electric vehicle charging stations throughout San Diego and Orange counties under a pilot program approved by California Public Utilities Commission.

The company will install charging stations at up to 350 businesses and multi-family communities throughout the region, with 10 chargers at each location for a total of 3,500 separate chargers. SDG&E will install at least 10 percent of the chargers in disadvantaged communities.

An important program benefit is that it should maximize the use of renewable energy to charge electric vehicles and minimize the need for new fossil-fuel power plants.

In 2012, Gov. Jerry Brown set a bold vision of having 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles on the road in California by 2025. For the San Diego region to meet a mere 10 percent of that target – 150,000 electric vehicles – EV growth and supporting infrastructure must increase at a much quicker pace. Today, the San Diego region has only 19,000 EVs and the barriers to clean transportation are particularly sobering.

Fifty percent of SDG&E’s customers live in multi-family communities. Without access to vehicle charging, there is virtually no way for these residents to ever become part of the solution to significantly reduce air pollution or to create real personal savings by eliminating gasoline bills. SDG&E’s initiative will help address gaps like this in the market and ensure charging is accessible to all customers.

SDG&E’s project will overcome many current obstacles to EV growth and reassure local EV drivers that they will have a place to charge their vehicles. In addition to expanding access to EVs, the pilot features special rates that encourage EV drivers to charge their cars when electricity supply, including renewable energy, is plentiful and energy prices are low.  With rates encouraging off-peak charging, vehicles will be efficiently integrated onto the grid, helping to avoid on-peak charging that drives the need to build more power plants and other electric infrastructure.

California has led the way to de-carbonizing electricity over the last several decades, helping to pave the way for the modernization of the transportation sector.  With SDG&E’s energy portfolio being made up of 33 percent renewable energy and no coal, drivers will be plugging into one of the cleanest electric grids in the country.  Furthermore, with the pilot’s special rate encouraging drivers to charge exactly at the times of day when solar power is at its height, customers will literally be driving on sunshine.

SDG&E has an extensive track record of promoting electric vehicles, both in the community and for its employees. Last year, the company launched the “Race to 500,” an innovative clean transportation program that targets SDG&E becoming one of the first Southern California businesses to have 500 employees driving EVs as their primary form of transportation. To date, 200 employees have purchased or leased an EV, with the company offering incentives paid for by shareholders and easy access to workplace charging to encourage the shift. SDG&E has installed more than 158 electric charging stations at company facilities, which is the most of any location in San Diego. SDG&E also is adding 163 more plug-in EVs to its fleet as part of a five-year purchase plan.

Jan 31, 2016Blagojce Krivevski
GM Creates Dedicated Team to Speed Up Self-driving, Electric CarsMaserati Will Add Plug-In Hybrids to Its Range by 2020
You Might Also Like
 
DTE Energy, Ford to build 1,127-MWh solar array at automaker’s R&D center
 
Workplace Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Installed at Melink Corporation Headquarters
Blagojce Krivevski

Blagojce Krivevski is physicist and green technology lover. Keep in touch with Blagojce through his email, web site, Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook and Google+.

January 31, 2016 Electric Car Newselectric vehicle charging, electric vehicle charging stations, EV Charging, EV Charging Stations, san diego, sdge
Follow Us
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • google-news
  • linkedin
  • youtube
  • instagram
  • rss
Recent News
BMW i Ventures Co-Leads Investment in New Electric Motor Technology: DeepDrive
March 23, 2023
Electrify America Announces Two Years of Complimentary Charging for 2023 Hyundai IONIQ 6 Owners
March 22, 2023
Hyundai Shows Newly Developed Automatic Charging Robot for Electric Vehicles
March 22, 2023
EV drivers missing out on savings worth hundreds of pounds by not switching to cheap specialist home charging tariffs, report says
March 22, 2023
Volvo Trucks and Boliden collaborate on deployment of underground electric trucks for mining
March 22, 2023
About
ElectricCarsReport.com ElectricCarsReport.com is a website dedicated to pure electric vehicles and the full range of consumer information and tools about electric cars, green technology energy, and the environment.
Latest News
BMW i Ventures Co-Leads Investment in New Electric Motor Technology: DeepDrive
March 23, 2023
Electrify America Announces Two Years of Complimentary Charging for 2023 Hyundai IONIQ 6 Owners
March 22, 2023
Hyundai Shows Newly Developed Automatic Charging Robot for Electric Vehicles
March 22, 2023
Get in touch

Email: [email protected]

Get new stories by email:
Archives
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • google-news
  • linkedin
  • youtube
  • instagram
  • rss
DMCA.com
© ElectricCarsReport.com | All Rights Reserved.