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Work Session <br />February 16, 2010 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction to Electric Vehicle Initiatives <br /> <br /> <br /> Mayor Piercy invited Eugene Parking Services Manager Jeff Petry, and Bob Parker, from the University <br />of Oregon, to the table. She noted that Nissan had chosen Oregon for a project that involved the deployment of <br />1,000 electric vehicles and helping to put 2,500 charging stations into place. <br /> <br /> Jeannine Parisi, Community and Local Government Outreach Coordinator for EWEB, highlighted the <br />Introduction to Electric Vehicle Initiatives <br />with PowerPoint, hard copies of which were provided to everyone <br />present. She said the high level overview was due in part to rapidly changing technology. She remarked that it <br />would not surprise her if the information they imparted was out-of-date in three months. She recommended a <br />website called www.pluginamerica.org which contained pictures of all electric vehicles available on the market. <br /> <br /> Ms. Parisi discussed the pros and cons of electric vehicles. She noted that one of the cons was the initial <br />cost of a vehicle, which could be $40,000 or more. She said Oregon driving patterns were one reason electric <br />vehicles were well-suited, with most trips in major metropolitan areas well under the national 40-mile average. <br />She noted that Oregon also featured sustainability and clean air initiatives and the Business Energy Tax Credits <br />(BETC) and hybrid tax credits, among others. She noted that Oregon had the highest per capita ownership of <br />hybrid cars in the nation. <br /> <br /> Ms. Parisi showed a slide of the design concept for the Lane Community College (LCC) electric car <br />charging station. She discussed the three levels of charging that would be required for electric vehicles. <br /> <br /> Mr. Petry stated that there was about $100 million in grants from the DOE as part of the American <br />Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). He related that a grant for Oregon cities to install electric vehicle <br />charging stations in 2009 had been applied for and denied because the infrastructure was not ready. He said now, <br />with ARRA funds, Oregon was one of five test sites for a project managed by a company in Arizona called eTec, <br />He explained that it was a three-year grant that had begun in October. <br /> <br /> Ms. Parisi noted that the cities involved included Portland, Albany, Salem, Corvallis, and Eugene. <br /> <br /> Mr. Petry reported that eTec expected to have 75 percent of the charging stations installed by October, <br />2010, but the City still did not know what exactly was being installed. He said the City would be working on <br />localized deployment guidelines and planned to hold a stakeholder workshop in early April. He reviewed the draft <br />timeline, which was projected to culminate in an evaluation to be completed by mid-year 2012. <br /> <br /> Mr. Parker explained that the University was partnering with the City of Eugene and EWEB to conduct a <br />preliminary investigation into what this meant for the communities. He said the Community Planning Workshop <br />(CPW), through the University, had applied for money from the Oregon Transportation Research Education <br />Consortium (OTREC) and received funding for a local electric vehicle assessment. He related that six graduate <br />students were helping with the project. <br /> <br /> Mr. Parker reviewed potential implications for cities. He noted that travel behavior could be affected by <br />the economic nature of electric vehicles, though the battery technology was still expensive. He said another issue <br />was infrastructure investment. He related that most manufacturers would send cars out with charging <br /> <br />
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