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To encourage more electric vehicle (EV) adoption, the County of San Diego needs more publicly available EV charging. But how do you choose the best areas for charging in a 4,261-square-mile county that’s larger than the states of Delaware and Rhode Island combined?

Published in the research journal Transport Policy, this study uses a large amount of relatively recent data and some simple but powerful metrics to inform conversations about the equity of electric vehicle (EV) incentives.

Low-income families in apartment buildings are not in a position to install solar energy systems, and yet often bear the greatest burden from high energy costs and local air pollution.

The Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) is proud to have administered the nation’s largest, longest-running EV incentive program – the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP). 

California's Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) has rebated over 500,000 electric vehicles (EVs) since its inception in 2010. Center for Sustainable Energy, CVRP’s administrator, has conducted ongoing research into the emissions impact and cost-effectiveness of these rebates.

Since 2010, Californians have received nearly $1.46 billion in light-duty zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) incentives to buy or lease over 560,000 electric vehicles (EVs) through four principal incentive programs of the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

As more governments and utilities focus on evolving clean transportation and sustainable energy solutions beyond early adopters to low-income, disadvantaged, rural and tribal communities, effective two-way communication with these communities will be critical to program success.