EV FLEET & CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE
UPDATE
(D) 1. Transportation & Environment Committee
December 2, 2024
Andrea Arjona Amador, Climate Smart & Electric Mobility Lead, Transportation Department Walter Lin, Deputy Director, Public Works Department
Kate Ziemba, Senior Environmental Program Manager, Energy Department AGENDA
• Fiscal Year 24-25 Priorities
• Background
• Fleet Electrification Master
Plan Findings
• Other Working Group
Activities
1 PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 24-25
1. Electrification of the City’s fleet and
installation of accompanying charging
infrastructure
2. Ensuring residents have equitable access
to public charging infrastructure and
affordable charging rates
2 RECENT STATE RULES DRIVING FLEET
ELECTRIFICATION
• 2022: Advanced Clean Car Rule
• Only zero-emission cars and trucks for sale by 2035
• 2023: Advanced Clean Fleets
• Begin to transition medium & heavy-duty vehicles to zeroemission options in 2024 • 2 compliance pathways:
1. Purchase schedule: 50% of new vehicle purchases must be zeroemission starting 2024; increases to 100% in 2027
2. Milestone: Transition a percentage of vehicles to meet zero-emission milestones that increases to 100% by 2035-2042, depending on vehicle type
3 City’s
pathway
42% of new car
sales are electric in
2024 year-to-date
CITY OF SAN JOSE FLEET
4 Light Duty Medium Duty Heavy Duty Total
Public Safety 771 45 94 910
Non-Public Safety 693 240 98 1,031
Light Duty Medium Duty Heavy Duty Total
Public Safety 92 4 9 105
Non-Public Safety 67 40 17 124
Number of Existing City Fleet Vehicles by Type and Purpose Current Acquisition Requests
INEQUITIES IN EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE
ACCESS
• Renters and multifamily residents
face barriers to installing charging at
home and have little to no access to
public charging options
➢Need more public investment
in charging infrastructure and
shared mobility options
• Control of retail rates will be essential
to ensure low-income drivers have
affordable charging options
• Installing chargers at City facilities
can help meet fleet and public needs
5 CITY FLEET ELECTRIFICATION MASTER PLAN
FINDINGS
• Electrifying the fleet should occur in 3 phases
through 2039
• Need 919 additional charging ports across 55 Cityowned sites • 93% Level 2, 7% Direct Current Fast Charger
• Usage: 2 vehicles per port, on average
• Estimated capital cost: $29.5M
• 7 “hubs” with 70% of total ports: Police Garage, Central Service Yard, Employee Garage, Police Department
Southern Substation, Mabury Yard, South Yard, and the
Airport
6 CITY FLEET ELECTRIFICATION MASTER PLAN
FINDINGS
• At least $106.5M needed to replace
vehicles, ~$7.1M/year on average
• In line with current annual vehicle replacement budget • Tax credits and other incentives can bring down costs further, if available
• 12% of municipal greenhouse gas emissions
avoided once fleet is fully electrified
• 15,391 metric tons of CO2 reduced annually
7 CHALLENGES WITH ADVANCED CLEAN FLEETS
• Lack of availability of medium-to-heavy duty compliant vehicle types
• Extremely limited supply
• Costs can be 300% or more than the cost of a
traditional gas fueled equivalent
• Lack of fast chargers at City facilities; utility service upgrades needed
8 OTHER WORKING GROUP ACTIVITIES
• Grant opportunities
• Not awarded US DOT Charging Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Round 1 or CEC fleet charging grant
• Awaiting notice of award for US DOT CFI Round 2 and EPA Community Change • Exploring 4 additional opportunities, including PG&E EV Fleet Program • San José Clean Energy charging pilot programs
• Fast Charging Hubs
• Multifamily EV Charger Incentive
• Considering policy guiding EV charger installations by third-party charging providers on City property
• Developing EV infrastructure mapping and planning tool 9 SHARED AND MICROMOBILITY
• Secured $5.8M to expand bikeshare to
East San José:
• $3M MTC investment
• $2.8M in grants
• 39 new bikeshare stations and 700+ e-bikes
over next 2 years
• Secured $5.2M state grant for East San
José Equity Mobility Project
• K-12 bike education
• Bike mechanic apprenticeship program
• Mobility wallet pilot
• Microtransit worker co-op feasibility study
• Fall 2024 - Spring 2027
10 QUESTIONS?
• Recommendation: Accept report on the status of the
Electric Vehicle Fleet and Citywide Charging
Infrastructure Workplan
• Staff
• Andrea Arjona Amador, Climate Smart & Electric Mobility Lead, Transportation Department
• Walter Lin, Deputy Director, Public Works
• Kate Ziemba, Senior Environmental Program Manager, Energy 11