Plug-in Electric Vehicle Deployment

The document details the U.S. effort to reach a goal of one million electric vehicles by 2015 through the development of 'deployment communities' and infrastructure. It describes federal initiatives like the Transportation Electrification Initiative and Clean Cities, regional efforts such as the Northeast Electric Vehicle Network, and commercial fleet adoptions by companies like Frito Lay and General Electric. It also lists specific legislative proposals aimed at increasing consumer tax credits and funding for community deployment and fleet upgrades.

• President Barack Obama established a target to put one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs)—including all-electric, plug-in hybrid, and extended range technologies—on the road by 2015 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and foreign oil dependence. As of the report date, over 40,000 PEVs and approximately 8,000 public charging stations were deployed nationwide.
• The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) utilized $400 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for the Transportation Electrification Initiative, aiming to deploy 22,000 charging stations and 13,000 PEVs by December 2013. Additionally, the Clean Cities initiative operates 85 coalitions to reduce petroleum dependence by 2.5 billion gallons annually by 2020.
• Commercial and government fleets are identified as critical for rapid PEV deployment. The federal government, managing over 600,000 vehicles, operated 3,941 PEVs as of 2011. In the private sector, Frito Lay is establishing the largest all-electric commercial fleet in the U.S. with 275 trucks, while General Electric set a 2010 target of 25,000 company PEVs by 2015.
• Several legislative proposals were introduced in 2011 and 2012 to accelerate PEV adoption: the Electric Vehicle Deployment Act of 2011 (H.R. 1685) and the Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2011 (S. 948) focused on community grants and fleet upgrades, while the Electric Vehicle Purchasing Credit Extension Act of 2012 (H.R. 6323) proposed increasing the federal tax credit 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} }