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The official menu contains our prioritized list of the most important actions cities must take to be ready, as well as financial analysis where possible. You can download it here, or work through our interactive database below.

Welcome to the Project Get Ready Interactive Database

Becoming a PHEV leader requires three important phases:

1. Get Ready: Identify barriers to overcome
2. Get Set: Look at possible strategies
3. Go: Use the right tools to implement effective solutions in your city

RMI's interactive database allows you to match your city's unique needs to specific tools, and explore examples of municipal leaders who've already implemented such tools successfully in their cities.
Ready

What's your role in helping your city get ready?

Government Entity

  • Federal Government
  • City Consortiums
  • City Government
  • City Plug-in Ambassador Group
  • Department of Transportation
  • Public Utility Commissions
  • State Government

    • Technology/Energy Provider

  • Battery maker
  • OEM
  • Utility

    • Financer

  • Bank
  • Business
  • Developers
  • Homeowners Organization

    • Consumer

  • Business
  • Car Dealer
  • Developers
  • Homeowners Organization
  • Universities/Colleges
  • NGO

    • Other

  • NGO
  • Private-Sector Participant
  • Third Party Connector
  • Universities/Colleges

    • Can't find your role? Select:

    Anyone
    Set

    What barriers are you trying to overcome?

    Consumer Barriers

  • Consumer hesitation at diving into a new paradigm for mobility
  • Consumers have a limited understanding of plug-ins
  • High initial costs for the consumer
  • High total cost of plug-in ownership

    • Technology Barriers

  • We need to move past demos to accelerate plug-in adoption
  • What if new technology implementation does not start smoothly?
  • Who will service my plug-in?

    • Infrastructure Barriers

  • Lack of local infrastructure regulation
  • Who will pay for the infrastructure?

    • Grid Barriers

  • What if these cars exacerbate my peak load?

    • Government or Policy Barriers

  • No regulatory coherence
  • Lack of local infrastructure regulation
  • Will plug-ins actually help us reach our environmental benchmarks?

    • Cost or Funding Barriers

  • High initial costs for the consumer
  • High total cost of plug-in ownership
  • Not enough vehicles in the pipeline: OEMs need more
  • OEMs are cash strapped
  • What if transaction costs are greater than revenues produced selling electricity?
  • Who will pay for the infrastructure?

    • Collaboration Barriers

  • How will we manage the accelerated adoption of plug-ins in our city?
  • We are so busy with other issues, it is easy to become reactive to new plug-in technology rather than proactive
  • Will plug-ins actually help us reach our environmental benchmarks?
    • Go

    Use the right strategies and tools to implement solutions in your city.

    After selecting from the options in the boxes to the left, accept your choices to generate a customized list of solution strategies.

    Who are you?

    What barriers are you trying to overcome?

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