Western Leadership and the Electric Highway panelist at the EV Roadmap 6 conference July 30th, Portland, OR

1. Progress, Challenges &
New Opportunities
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Washington’s West Coast
Electric Highway Network
Jeff Doyle
Director, Public/Private
Partnerships
WSDOT
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July 30, 2013
Portland, Oregon

2. Washington’s Electric Highways:
Infrastructure
Deployment
EV charging network: 12 public charging locations in
critical recharge zones outside of The EV project to
make DC fast charging available every 35 to 50 miles.
Charging equipment: Both AeroVironment DC fast
charger (CHAdeMO) and Level 2 EVSE (J1772) at each
location.
Locations: Private retail locations such as shopping
malls, restaurants, and fueling stations. Plus, two
“gateway” safety rest areas along I-5.
Completed: November, 2012.
Funding: $1.6 million grant through the Washington
State Department of Commerce, State Energy Program,
with U.S. Department of Energy Recovery Act funds.

3. Measuring Project Outcomes
Hwy # of Sessions Pop. A.D.T. Q3 2012 Q4 2012
2012
Total
Q1 2013 Q2 2013 2013 Total
12-month
total
2013 vs 2012
I-5North-South
Bellingham 81,000 57,700 156 180 336 240 303 543 912 38%
Burlington 8,400 70,400 271 243 514 145 300 445 1173 -16%
Tumwater/
47,000 101,000 214 327 541 309 135 444 1391 -22%
+Olympia
Centralia 16,400 72,500 154 208 362 172 229 401 896 10%
Castle Rock 2,100 44,600 61 78 139 81 144 225 359 38%
Ridgefield 4,800 79,000 115 104 219 70 155 225 508 3%
US2Stevens
Pass
Sultan 4,700 18,500 76 31 107 49 133 182 263 41%
Skykomish 200 6,000 100 32 132 35 70 105 299 -26%
Leavenworth 2,000 11,000 66 19 85 13 68 81 183 -5%
Wenatchee 30,200 35,600 13 17 30 10 28 38 70 21%
I-90
Snoq.
Pass
Snoqualmie
Pass
300 28,900 0 5 5 20 33 53 30 91%
Cle Elum 2,400 25,500 0 8 8 9 10 19 25 58%
Total 1226 1252 2478 1148 1608 2756 3,693 10.09%
Use of the DC Fast Charge Stations Continues to Grow:

4. Electric vehicles registered in Washington
As of July 2013
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Map includes Electric Vehicles (EVs) produced by major automakers since about 2011. It does not include cars that were converted to EVs by
their owners, neighborhood EVs or EV models from the 1990’s that are still registered in Washington. WSDOT created this map based on
data provided by the Washington State Department of Licensing.

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The EV Project
ECOtality $20M in U.S. DOE funds to install Blink charging infrastructure in
Puget Sound, ~1,000 public and fleet charging stations,~1,000 home charging
stations, 20+ DC fast-chargers
ChargePoint America
Awarded $37m to install 5,000 charging stations in 37 regions, including
eastern King County (Bellevue/Redmond).
Clean Cities
Western Washington Clean Cities Coalition awarded $15m to install charging
stations & buy fleet vehicles.
Cities and Counties
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants to purchase charging stations
and fleet vehicles.
King County MetroPool
King County Metro’s 100% electric vanpool and vanshare commuting program
for large employers.
Regional collaboration for strategic
EVSE deployment and decision making

6. • How will the next EV charging networks be deployed without grant funding?
• What can be done to ensure completion of The EV Project DC Fast-Charging
network?
• Who will lead future EV charging infrastructure deployment efforts?
• How can both the CHAdeMO and SAE’s Combo plug be deployed and
supported?
• What are the performance measures for the effectiveness of public-access
charging networks?
• …And many, many other issues.
Challenges & Emergent
Issues

7. EV drivers in Washington pay $210 per year in transportation taxes …
…plus an annual $100 BEV fee
Two Upcoming EV
Initiatives in Washington
$ 478
$ 371
$ 210
$ 100
Avg. Sedan
(24 mpg)
Avg.
Hybrid
(40 mpg)
100%
Battery
Electric
x 3,000 = $300,000
per year

8. Proceeds from $100 EV fee reinvested in public-access charging network,
consistent with other transportation mitigation investments
(Proposed) Washington EV
Infrastructure Bank
$ 478
$ 371
$ 210
8,218
12,778
3,658
17,338
FY 2013 – FY 2016
35,578 BEVs
(10-year total)
$100 paid
annually
(156,944
renewals)
x
= $15.9 million
• Loans
• Loan guarantees
• Financial incentives
• Limited grants
Proposed limited-duration: 10 years or until BEVs reach 0.5% of state’s
passenger vehicle fleet

9. Experiment:
Can public agencies earn sufficient revenue from after-hour EV rental
fees to cover the incremental cost of buying an EV?
Public Fleet EV Car-share
Pilot Project
Goals:
• Test the business case for shared-use agency vehicles
• Generate enough revenue to cover higher cost of adding EVs to fleet
• Actively promote EVs to nearby communities – perfect opportunity to test
EVs in a real-life setting!
Potential Partners:
• WSDOT, plus two or three other municipal fleets (cities, counties)
• Innovative private companies to manage the fleet (e.g., Getaround)
• Communities with basic network of public charging stations

10. New Opportunities:
expanding the
charging network
and fostering EV
innovation
Washington Governor Jay Inslee Proposed Clean Energy Investments
•Extend EV fast charging network in Washington to expand consumer
confidence for using electric vehicles
•Leverage Washington’s clean, low-cost hydropower and wind resources in
the move to vehicle electrification with state procurement of electric
vehicles.
•Appointed Lynn Peterson as Secretary of Washington's Department of
Transportation (former Sustainable Communities and Transportation
Advisor to Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber).

11. For more information, contact:
Jeff Doyle
Director
Public/Private Partnerships
Washington State Department of
Transportation
(360) 705-7039
DoyleJ@wsdot.wa.gov
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