Plug‐in Electric Vehicle Deployment

The document details US efforts to reach a goal of one million electric vehicles by 2015, focusing on federal, state, and local deployment programs, the role of commercial and government fleets, and proposed legislation to incentivize PEV adoption and infrastructure.

• 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 October 2012, there were over 40,000 PEVs and approximately 8,000 public charging stations in the US.
• The US Department of Energy (DOE) allocated $400 million via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for the Transportation Electrification Initiative, which aimed to deploy 22,000 charging stations and 13,000 PEVs by December 2013.
• Regional and state initiatives are facilitating PEV integration, such as the Northeast Electric Vehicle Network involving 10 states and the District of Columbia, and Hawaii's EV Ready Program, which has seen the deployment of 120 charging stations and over 700 PEVs.
• Government and commercial fleets are identified as critical for rapid PEV deployment. The federal government operated 3,941 PEVs in 2011, and private companies like Frito Lay and General Electric are deploying large-scale electric fleets, with GE targeting 25,000 company PEVs by 2015.
• Proposed legislation includes the Electric Vehicle Deployment Act of 2011 (H.R. 1685) and the Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2011 (S. 948), which suggest competitive grants for community initiatives and fleet upgrades. Additionally, H.R. 6323 proposed increasing the federal tax credit for new qualified PEVs from $7,500 to $10,000.

APA

Environmental and Energy Study Institute (2012). Plug‐in Electric Vehicle Deployment. https://www.eesi.org/files/FactSheet_Plug-in_electric_vehicle_deployment_100212.pdf

Chicago

Environmental and Energy Study Institute. Plug‐in Electric Vehicle Deployment. 2012. https://www.eesi.org/files/FactSheet_Plug-in_electric_vehicle_deployment_100212.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{environmentalandenergystudyinstitute2012plugin, author = {{Environmental and Energy Study Institute}}, title = {{Plug‐in Electric Vehicle Deployment}}, institution = {Environmental and Energy Study Institute}, year = {2012}, month = oct, url = {https://www.eesi.org/files/FactSheet_Plug-in_electric_vehicle_deployment_100212.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }