Powering your next car
Several state agencies and public-private partnerships are working together to develop the fuels, technology, infrastructure and market needed to support the rollouts of Advanced Clean Cars – battery electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.
The goal is to lower the cost of buying and operating these environmentally superior cars and to increase the availability of electricity and hydrogen to power them.
Working together to pave the way for Advanced Clean Cars
Several state agencies and public-private partnerships are working together to develop the fuels, technology, infrastructure and market needed to support the rollouts of Advanced Clean Cars. The goal is to lower the cost of buying and operating these environmentally superior cars and to increase the availability of fuel and electricity to power them.
Here are some of the key resources already in place:
Charging electric cars and station locations
- Green Car Journal fueling locations
- Clean Car Maps
- Department of Energy's Alternative Fuel Station Locator
Expanding the charging network
- California Plug-in Electric Vehicle Collaborative This public-private partnership of agencies, automakers, electric utilities, charging station equipment developers, and non-profit interest groups works facilitate the deployment of PEVs in California to meet economic, energy and environmental goals.
- Collaborative’ s report: Taking Charge: Establishing California Leadership In the Plug-In Electric Vehicle Marketplace
Fueling hydrogen cars and Station locators
Expanding the charging network
- California Fuel Cell Partnership has ramped up its efforts in working with stakeholders including automakers, retail stations and hydrogen suppliers among others to further develop a detailed roadmap to rollout hydrogen infrastructure. With Mercedes and Honda already leasing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and Toyota following closely, it is essential that infrastructure be available in advance of customer vehicle releases.
- The California Energy Commission has $18.7 million available to co-fund construction of hydrogen fueling stations for cars and transit buses. It plans to solicit applicants early in 2012.
- The Energy Commission already has allocated $4 million to the state Department of Measurement Standards for certifying hydrogen dispensing devices and field-testing methods to verify certification.
- The ARB’s Clean Fuels Outlets rule will help accelerate the development of fueling infrastructure needed for fuel cells cars as that vehicle population grows. Automakers say they expect to be selling 53,000 fuel cell cars in California by 2017.