Huntington Park

This novel process will be paired with EV charger technology that works for the community (via co-benefits such as tourism, wayfinding in city center, etc.) to create a model that will accelerate the expansion of curbside EV chargers.

Goals:

• Leverage curbside charging to spur EV adoption in multi-family affordable housing complexes.
• Study EV purchase behavior change with public charging availability.
• Deliver repeatable method for quickly and cost effectively installing curbside EV fast charging utilizing existing utility electrical and mounting infrastructure.

Partners:

• Southern California Edison (SCE) is a public utility committed to safe clean energy.
• The SCE Charge Ready program has completed infrastructure at 90 sites that supports roughly 1,500 charge ports (reporting Q1 2020).
• Communities for a Better Environment (CBE), founded in 1978, is one of the preeminent environmental justice organizations in the nation.
• CBE’s mission is to build people’s power in California communities of color and low income communities – the organization’s youth and adult members meet weekly and are actively involved in scoping the pilot.

Due to COVID-19 impacts, the launch has been delayed.