If cities consortiums have met 100 percent of must haves and X percent of secondary strategies, award certification. OEM/charge company commitment to sell a certain number of vehicles in certified regions.

Solution Details:

Pain Point:  Not enough vehicles in the pipeline: OEMs need more

General Implementation Strategy:  Use PGR to create some seal or certification that shows OEMs what regions are ready

Primary Actors:  City Consortiums, OEM, RMI

Other solutions to this pain point:

• Select private fleet candidates with openness to innovation
• Create consumer networks
• Early adopters can lobby city government, dealers for more vehicles
• Encourage consumers to commit to buying an plug-in with a downpayment
• City/state governments commit to buying/funding a certain number of plug-ins
• Fleets commit to buy a certain number of plug-ins
• Encourage innovative public transportation models
• Showcase a value proposition for plug-ins compared to ICE baseline
• Welcome responsible use of conversions
• Incentivize/subsidize non-traditional OEMs
• Allow low speed plug-ins to operate within city
• Employers incentivize employee plug-in purchase, provide education and charge spots at work
• Coordinate vehicle purchase with in home charging station installation
• Showcase different regulatory needs and options
• Ensure new and reconstruction and renovation home/building codes support the operation of plug-ins
• Expedite permitting and approval for facilities that provide public charging infrastructure
• Fast-track eased/self permitting and installation of electric vehicle charging outlets

Other solutions that fall into this general strategy:

Other solutions for this primary actor:

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