This is a policy guide on expanding access to EVs and other kinds of e-mobility. It provides model policies for utilities, localities, and states to encourage EV adoption within their communities and ensure that their transition to an electric transportation system is effective and equitable.
The EV Equity Roadmap tool is a free mapping tool to inform equity-oriented site selection for EV and e-mobility infrastructure investments. It enables local agencies, stakeholders, and developers to engage in discussions about high-priority sites for investment, using a novel approach to integrate locally relevant infrastructure and equity geospatial data layers.
The Equitable EV Action Plan Framework is a comprehensive guide for local leaders seeking to craft an equity-focused plan for their jurisdiction’s EV transition, and for stakeholders who want to push those leaders to act.
This report draws on Forth's history of launching the first brand-neutral EV showroom in the US back in 2016, and a decade of outreach and ride & drive events, emphasizing the importance of addressing common barriers to EV adoption, engaging diverse communities, and building trust and partnerships.
Whether it’s called peer pressure, social contagion, or the neighborhood effect, the phenomenon is clear: as social beings, humans have the ability to influence one another by their actions. In this report, Generation180 explores how peer influence is playing a key role in accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) across the United States.
Transitioning to electric freight vehicles offers corporate shippers and carriers one of the best opportunities to mitigate their emissions while reducing the demand for oil in the U.S. transportation sector. The following sections outline the national and economic security, environmental, health, equity, and cost-saving benefits of shifting the transportation sector from oil to electric-based.
The N.C. Clean Transportation Plan is a guidance document that provides a coordinated strategy for accelerating decarbonization in the transportation sector. The plan outlines how North Carolina can prepare for a clean transportation future and provide equitable outcomes for everyone.
This issue brief, published as an addendum to the 2019 NARUC report Electric Vehicles: Key Trends, Issues and Considerations for State Regulators, provides an overview of the utility programs and business models that are intended to center equity and captures key considerations for state utility regulators around these models.
This report by ITIF focuses on the role of innovation and equity to accelerate EV adoption and provides recommendations at the federal level.
In this report, Forth shares best practices of equity-focused electric vehicle carsharing programs as well as a framework for effective program design.
