EV Roadmap: 4th Annual Update on Implementation Efforts

08/22/24

In October 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved the Electric Vehicle Roadmap (EV Roadmap). The EV Roadmap contains six goals and 11 recommendations to encourage electric vehicles (EVs) ownership and use, build more charging stations, and seek out opportunities for financial support through grants.

These initiatives help guide the County to increase the amount of public and private EV infrastructure installed and EV adoption among county residents to support our sustainability and climate action planning efforts. EV Roadmap implementation efforts support broader County sustainability and climate action planning efforts in the Climate Action Plan (CAP) Update and Regional Decarbonization Framework by advancing measures and actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.

Through 2023, the County has continued progressing EV Roadmap implementation and provided our most recent annual update to the Board on July 26, 2024. Many County departments are involved in EV Roadmap implementation, and support tracking and reporting, including the Department of Parks and Recreation, Planning & Development Services, Department of General Services, Agriculture, Weights, & Measures, San Diego County Library, Department of Human Resources, Department of Public Works, and Department of Environmental Health and Quality.

As part of this effort, the County regularly updates its publicly accessible EV Roadmap website. This website serves as an online platform where people can see the progress made in implementing the EV Roadmap across the six Goals:

  • Goal 1: Further Reduce the County’s Fleet of Gas-Powered Vehicles
  • Goal 2: Accelerate the Installation of EV Charging Stations at Public Locations in County Facilities and in the Unincorporated County
  • Goal 3: Promote and Incentivize County Employee EV Ownership
  • Goal 4: Incentivize and/or Require EV Charging Infrastructure in New and Existing Private Multi-Family Residential and/or Non-Residential Development
  • Goal 5: Fund EV Expert/Consumer Advocate as a Regional Resource
  • Goal 6: Collaborate with Regional Partners to Support Public and Private Fleet Electrification
EV chargers

These efforts contribute to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transportation sector, County operations, and vehicle use across the region.

Highlights from implementation from 2019 through 2023 include:

  • Installed 239 EV charging stations at County facilities for fleet vehicles
  • Increased the number of in-use EVs in the County’s fleet to 165 vehicles
  • Installed 68 publicly accessible EV chargers at County facilities
  • Updated the County’s Green Fleet Action Plan in 2023, which incorporates strategies to convert the County’s medium- and heavy-duty fleet vehicles to zero emission
  • Established the "Charge on the Go" program in 2023, allowing County employees to charge County fleet vehicles at any ChargePoint charging station
  • Increased teleworking by County employees and reduced an estimated 5,315 MTCO2e from County employee commutes with teleworking in 2023
  • Updated the EV Consumer Guide to provide information on latest vehicle market availability, available incentives, and rebates through federal programs
  • Developed a Regional Zero Emission Vehicle Strategy in 2023 as part of the Accelerate to Zero Emissions Regional Collaboration
EV charging

The progress made through 2023 contributes to the County's ongoing initiatives to promote more EV ownership and the development of charging infrastructure. Staff will continue to work on implementing programs and projects that build upon this success. Ultimately, these efforts focus on making EVs more available and accessible to everyone in the county, resulting in cleaner vehicles and air and reduced GHG emissions, benefiting all residents.

For more information on EV Roadmap goals, additional details on implementation efforts, and our memo to the Board for the 2023 update, visit the EV Roadmap webpage.