Plug-in Electric Vehicle Deployment

This fact sheet from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute describes the status and strategies for deploying plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in the United States as of October 2012. It details federal, state, and local initiatives to build charging infrastructure, the role of 'model communities' in scaling adoption, and the integration of PEVs into government and commercial fleets to reduce petroleum dependence and greenhouse gas emissions.

• In 2011, President Barack Obama established a target to deploy one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs)—including all-electric, plug-in hybrid, and extended range technologies—by 2015. As of the report date, there were more than 40,000 PEVs and approximately 8,000 public charging stations in operation across the United States.
• The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) utilized $400 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for the Transportation Electrification Initiative. This program allocated $360 million for vehicle and infrastructure development, aiming to deploy 22,000 charging stations and 13,000 PEVs by December 2013.
• Fleet deployment is identified as a primary method for rapid PEV scaling. The federal government, which manages over 600,000 vehicles, operated 3,941 PEVs as of 2011, with the majority (3,127) in military agencies. In the private sector, Frito Lay planned to deploy 275 electric trucks to eliminate 500,000 gallons of annual fuel use, and General Electric set a 2010 target of 25,000 company PEVs by 2015.
• Various regional and local initiatives are facilitating PEV adoption. The Northeast Electric Vehicle Network coordinates 10 states and the District of Columbia to standardize rules and ensure regional drivability. Individual state efforts include Hawaii's EV Ready Program, which had deployed 120 charging stations and over 700 PEVs, and Portland, Oregon's 'Electric Avenue' project on the Portland State University campus.
• Legislative proposals in 2011 and 2012 sought to further accelerate deployment. H.R. 1685 (Electric Vehicle Deployment Act of 2011) proposed funding for deployment communities and a $2,000 benefit for the first 50,000 PEV consumers. S. 948 (Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2011) proposed $550 million in grants for community initiatives and private fleet upgrades. H.R. 6323 (Electric Vehicle Purchasing Credit Extension Act of 2012) proposed increasing the federal tax credit for new qualified PEVs from $7,500 to $10,000.

APA

Roycroft, D. (2012). Plug-in Electric Vehicle Deployment. Environmental and Energy Study Institute. https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-plug-in-electric-vehicle-deployment?/fact-sheet-plug-electric-vehicle-deployment-02-oct-2012

Chicago

Roycroft, Diana. Plug-in Electric Vehicle Deployment. Environmental and Energy Study Institute, 2012. https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-plug-in-electric-vehicle-deployment?/fact-sheet-plug-electric-vehicle-deployment-02-oct-2012.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{roycroft2012plugin, author = {Roycroft, Diana}, title = {{Plug-in Electric Vehicle Deployment}}, institution = {Environmental and Energy Study Institute}, year = {2012}, month = oct, url = {https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-plug-in-electric-vehicle-deployment?/fact-sheet-plug-electric-vehicle-deployment-02-oct-2012}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }