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Comment 65 for Volkswagen Settlement - California ZEV Investments (vw-zevinvest-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Linda
Last Name: Urata
Email Address: projectcleanairmanager@gmail.com
Affiliation: San Joaquin Valley EV Partnership
Subject: Comments from the SJV EV Partnership on the VW Settlement CA ZEV Investments
Comment:
Representing the underprivileged eight-county region of California’s Central Valley, The Partnership is a consortium of Economic and Workforce development stakeholders and EV professional volunteers representing charging and EV manufacturers. 1. Fund more public charging at all levels at key strategic locations: Airports, hospitals, school campuses, shopping centers, movie theaters… 2. Provide additional incentives for low and moderate income consumers. Create special lease programs to lower the barrier to entry. 3. Provide scrap and replace programs offering used EV replacements, or special lease/purchase on new EV’s. 4. Provide general funding for ride-and-drive events, workplace charging workshops, and the creation of a website to promote the Partnership’s activities. 5. Fund local media promotion for EV education, ride-and-drives, incentive information, dealership sales force education 6. Support electric carshare and emphasize importance on services supporting zero emission transportation for rural residents, carpoolers, farmworkers and students. 7. Provide for multi-family charging 8. Provide for workplace charging Level 1 and 2. Do not require public charging access to use the funds for private property. 9. Do not require charging be metered or networked 10. More zero emission school buses are needed. (Transit as well, though there are other funding sources for transit at current time). 11. Allow for repowered school buses 12: Add funding for small communities to provide EV Dial-a-Ride Service. 13. Add funding for group purchase / fleet purchase rates for workplaces that install charging infrastructure, such as hospitals, universities and colleges, school districts, ag produce packing sheds, government agencies and so on.
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2016-12-16 15:20:36
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