ChargEVC-NJ Releases Market Development Roadmap 2.0, Paving Way for Rapidly Advancing Electric Vehicle Market in New Jersey
A push for electrification of the medium- and heavy-duty segments are highlighted as high-impact initiatives that should be at the top of the State’s priority list.
Highland Park, NJ — Following achievements in the goals outlined in ChargEVC-NJ’s original roadmap, published in 2017, ChargEVC-NJ has released an updated Roadmap 2.0 continuing its’ advocacy to advance goals that would further New Jersey’s position as an EV market leader. This release comes just after new US climate goals were released last week by President Biden calling for 50% GHG reduction by 2030. Transportation will play an essential role in reaching this goal. The goals and actions highlighted below represent the minimum level of action needed to ensure New Jersey does its part in contributing to national goals. Roadmap 2.0 includes the high-impact initiatives necessary in the light-, medium-, and heavy-duty segments to ensure that the associated benefits accrue equitably to all New Jerseyans.
In 2017, a newly formed ChargEVC-NJ published its first market development roadmap (Roadmap 1.0), which focused primarily on increasing light-duty EV adoption. Over the past four years, ChargEVC-NJ has worked with state agencies, market participants, and other stakeholders to make New Jersey a national market leader in EV adoption. In that time, the state has enacted a nation-leading EV law, implemented a widely successful EV rebate program, gained approval of two EV filings with the NJ BPU, announced upcoming draft rules to adopt the Advanced Clean Truck Rules as seen in California, amongst a host of other investments of VW Settlement and RGGI funding into transportation electrification initiatives.
Roadmap 2.0 provides a comprehensive plan building off the recent successes in the light-duty sector and expands to actions that must be taken in the medium-/heavy-duty sectors. Some of the notable additions include:
- Compressing the light-duty vehicle rebate program into a five-year program (through 2025), rather than over 10 years, so that a) the rebates can be available when they are most needed, in directly support of the 2025 goals, and b) to avoid the harmful stop/start cycles that have emerged with the current program.
- Setting goals for medium-/heavy-duty vehicle electrification, consistent with the Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) requirements established in California when scaled to the New Jersey MHDV fleet population.
- Recommendations for refining the class-level ACT goals to further quantify specific adoption goals for certain high priority vehicle types and applications. These include transit buses, school buses, delivery and shuttle vehicles, short-haul drayage trucks, and refuse trucks.
- Recommendations for state investment in medium-/heavy-duty vehicle electrification through incentive or voucher programs.
- A renewed focus on ensuring electrification solutions reach all communities equitably. Roadmap 2.0 highlights the need for the establishment of electric fleets, taxis and ride share services, public transit and school buses and other advanced mobility services that directly cater to LI/EJ communities.
- An expansion of regional market development focus. The desired high levels of EV adoption will require coordination across state and other boundaries. This will include continued participation in the California ZEV program, Medium-/Heavy-Duty MOU and other relevant regional initiatives that can bring additional revenue for needed investments such as the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI). Efforts must also include constructive engagements with PJM and other stakeholders to promote reliable, cost-effective, and equitable integration of vehicle charging into the PJM markets, and transmission and distribution infrastructure planning.
Roadmap 1.0 set multiple goals that were eventually implemented in the EV law, including the EV adoption goal of 330,000 vehicles on the road by 2025. Roadmap 2.0 reinforces the initiatives set forth in 2017 and expands upon those goals to account for New Jersey’s rapidly growing EV market.
Click here to view ChargEVC-NJ’s Roadmap 2.0.
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ChargEVC-NJ is a not-for-profit coalition of diverse stakeholders that includes retail automotive dealers, utilities, consumer and equity advocates, environmental and labor organizations and technology companies. See www.chargevc.org for more information.