Cities
Get Ready Tampa Bay is a regional collaboration between the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, local governments, and electric utility companies.
Orlando, Florida is the most recent city to join Project Get Ready with their Get Ready Central Florida intiative.
The City of Houston is currently working on two major efforts in preparation for the electrification of vehicles.
A total of 12 communities and more than two dozen governmental and private business partners have joined Denver in plans to get ready.
The Toronto Atmospheric Fund is working with partners in the municipal, utility, corporate and non-profit sectors to prepare the local landscape for plug-in vehicles to be part of Toronto’s sustainable transportation plan.
The Indianapolis Region is working with the Energy Systems Network to get ready. Check back here in the coming weeks for a regional charter, partner listings, working groups, and much more.
Raleigh is getting ready! The City of Raleigh, Progress Energy, Advanced Energy, and RMI are collaborating to kick-off the Raleigh readiness initiative. Working groups are forming now. The Raleigh project is quickly expanding to collaborate with the entire Triangle region.
Portland, Oregon is getting ready. PGR is working with interested citizens and companies in Portland to convene stakeholders and synthesize all the existing energy and work put into the plug-in vehicle revolution.
Hawaii is working to change from the most fossil fuel dependent state to the nation’s leading example of clean energy deployment. As part of this transition, Hawaii is committing to support electric vehicles.
The Virginia Get Ready Roundtable gathered for an introductory meeting on May 18, 2010 and established an initial cooperative plan for deployment of electric vehicles in Virginia. Virginia Utilities have installed and converted Prius vehicles, bucket trucks, and have agreed to purchase test Volt units when available. The Commonwealth has installed free access vehicle charging [...]
Amsterdam has been making strides with EV readiness, especially through its partnership with Coulomb Technologies.
Amsterdam is currently working to put together a broader EV initiative and will be installing more charging stations. They have also developed a recognizable electric vehicle logo. There is more information on the initiative’s website.
Southern California, especially around the LA area, has a long history with electric vehicles. Major utilities, such as San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison, provide time-of-use programs to residential customers which help with off-peak charging. Additionally, several plug-in friendly organizations, such as Plug-In Ameria, are based here. Also, the LA area has [...]
New York was one of the first cities to test the new breed of EVs when they procured BMW’s Mini E EV for testing last year. They had issues providing enough charging spots for the EVs but the test helped them understand the importance of decreasing NYC’s emissions from vehicles.
Since then New York has been [...]
Carbon Day Automotive, a division of Carbon Day headquartered in Chicago, is partnering with several local stakeholders to get ready for plug-ins.
In November 2008 the Mayors of San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland announced Electric Vehicle policies that they will advance, beginning in December 2008.
