Managing Public Charging Access

August 6, 2010

What is Coulomb?

Silicon Valley Company: Founded in 2007 to develop Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Mission is to eliminate range anxiety through a sustainable business model Venture funded

Technology: Networked charging stations and electric vehicle business applications 16 patent applications filed, 2 awarded

Business: Started shipping in Q1, 2009 130+ customers globally - municipalities, corporations, and utilities

• No tailpipe so no emissions

• Electricity is a low cost fuel

• Consumers love them

Why Electric Vehicles?

• The first generation of cars, coming in the next 3 years, take 4 hours to charge

• Cars are parked somewhere 23 hours a day – that’s where we need charging stations

In homes, apartments, condominiums and hotel garages

In workplace parking lots

In public lots and curbside

In San Francisco there are 6 times

as many cars as private garages

Where Do We Fuel Them?

Why do we need Smart Charging?

• To generate the revenue needed to pay for electricity, charging stations, station maintenance, road maintenance taxes, and real estate

• To make the grid efficient anddependable

•To make life easy for EV Drivers

•To keep life cycle costs low

Networked Charging

• Department of Energy Award DE-EE0003391o $ 37M Project - $ 15M DOE - $ 22M Match

• 9 Metro Regions – 3 California Regionso Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento

• CEC Grant $ 3.4M (AB118) o 1290 Stations o Leverages over $ 12M of ARRA + JOB CREATION

• Phase 1: Deployment ends 12/31/2011 (18 Months)o Stakeholder Meetings Underwayo Allocation and Deployment Underway

• Phase 2: Data Collection ends 12/31/2013 (24 Months)

ChargePoint America in California

• Demonstrate the viability, economic and environmental benefits of an EV charging infrastructure

• Roll out an infrastructure for EV drivers to facilitate a rapid increase in the use of Electric Vehicles

• Coordinate Stakeholders and OEM EV deployments to maximize charging station infrastructure usage

• Provide EV charging stations for public, commercial and residential locations to encourage consumers to buy Electric Vehicles

• Collect statistical data from the project essential for sound planning and policy guidance o Analyzed by INL, CEC and Purdue University

Program Scope

OEM Partner Metro Deployments

 

ChevyVolt

FordTransit

Connect

FordFocus

Smart ED

Austin   x x  Los Angeles x x x New York x x x xOrlando   x   xRedmond   x    Sacramento x x x San Francisco x x x xSouthern Michigan x x x  Washington DC x x x  

Policy Needs For a Successful Industry

1. Enable workable revenue model for shared stations (apartments, condos, public, retail, workplace)o Drivers need to pay station owners for electricity, maintenance, capital, and real estate

2. Enable incentive rates and integrated meteringo Incentive pricing requires some type of submeteringo We can include submetering in the charging stations at very low costo Incentive pricing encourages people to use off-peak energyo This will ensure that the grid is used efficiently

3. Smart Grid Integrationo Charging stations with Demand Response, Time-of-Use Pricing, and AMI will be

compatible with the modern electric grid

4. Help with Local Planningo We need public charging locationso Streamline installation permitting and inspections