FARM AT THE TIME THE FIRST VICE
PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS
INTRODUCED A PLAN TO RAMP UP
THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURES IN
AN EFFORT TO BOLSTER THE ME AND
IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT TAKE A
LISTEN.
>> OUR NATION'S ABILITY TO
MANUFACTURE CHARGING REPAIR
ELECTRIC VEHICLES. WE'LL
DETERMINE MANY THINGS INCLUDING
ONE THE HEALTH OF
OUR COMMUNITIES TO THE STRENGTH
OF OUR ECONOMY. AND 3 S JEAN
THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR PLAN.
>> THIS COMES AS A GROUP OF
ELECTRIC COMPANIES NATIONWIDE
HAVE FORMED A COALITION
FOCUSING ON BUILDING OUT A
NETWORK OF EVEN CHARGING
STATIONS ALONG MAJOR US TRAVEL
ROUTES BY 2023.
JOINING US NOW CALLAN SCHEFTER
DIRECTOR OF ELECTRIC
TRANSPORTATION AT THE EDISON
ELECTRIC INSTITUTE KELLEN
WELCOME TO
THE SHOW TELL US ABOUT THIS
COALITION WHO ARE SOME OF THE
MAJOR PLAYERS INVOLVED AND HOW
MUCH OF THE U.S. WILL THIS
CHARGING NETWORK COVER.
>> GREAT THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME REALLY EXCITED TO BE GO ON
TO
THIS COALITION WHICH REALLY AT
THIS POINT NOW IS MADE UP OF
MORE THAN 50 ELECTRIC COMPANIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY REALLY
FOCUSED AROUND A COMMON GOAL,
THESE DEW SAID OF ENSURING THAT
THE DRIVERS CAN MAKE THE TRIP
THAT'S ACROSS
THEIR TERRITORIES ON BY DRIVE
ELECTRIC WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY
IMPORTANT TO HITTING
CLIMATE GOALS AND EACH MEMBER
OF THE COALITION WILL BE
DETERMINING THEIR OWN COURSE
HERE IN TERMS OF
WHICH TRAVEL CORRIDORS TO
TARGET HOW TO WORK AROUND
EXISTING CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT'S THERE. BUT YOU KNOW THE
KEY THING WE POINT OUT IS
ITS CUSTOMERS ARE I'M SURE
THESE COMPANIES TO REPRESENT
ALREADY 120 MILLION ELECTRIC
CUSTOMERS RIGHTS THEY HAVE
REALLY EXTENSIVE REACH ACROSS
THE COUNTRY WHICH WE SEE AS KEY
TO LEVERAGING OUR COALITION
HERE.
>> WE'VE ALL TAKEN ROAD TRIPS
FOR KELLEN AND EXPECT TO REFUEL
EVERY FEW HOURS ON THOSE LONGER
EXCURSIONS YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY.
HOW DO WE COMPARE IT TO ALREADY
READILY AVAILABLE CHARGING
STATIONS VERSUS HOW OFTEN WE
WOULD HAVE TO FILL UP AT
EXISTING GAS STATIONS.
>> YEAH, IT'S A GREAT POINT
ACTUALLY WHEN THE CONVENIENCES
OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES IS A LOT
OF THE
CHARGING WEEEK EFFECT TO OCCUR
AT HOME IF YOU HAVE A DEDICATED
PARKING PLACE AT WORK IF YOU
CAN CHARGE WHILE YOU'RE AT WORK
OR AT DESTINATIONS. YOU KNOW
SHOPPING CENTERS GROCERY
STORES. SO ACTUALLY WE THINK
THAT NEED FOR THAT PUBLIC FAST
CHARGING ON THOSE
LONG TRIPS WILL BE LESS OF YOU
KNOW THE OVERALL ENERGY NEED
THAT YOU YOU HAVE IN A YEAR.
BUT IT'S A REALLY CRUCIAL PIECE
OF IT RIGHT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO MAKE
THESE LONG-DISTANCE TRIP THAT
NEED TO BE LIABLE EQUITABLE
AVAILABLE
TO ALL AND WE WILL REALLY BE
EXCITED ABOUT TARGETING THAT
PIECE TO GIVE DRIVERS
CONFIDENCE IS PART OF
THIS COALITION.
>> WE TALK ABOUT THE E V
INFRASTRUCTURE A LOT WE KNOW
IT'S PART OF PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN'S AGENDA ARE THOSE PLANS
HELPING TO FUND THIS COALITIONS
CHARGING NETWORK IN ANY WAY
WILL THESE CHARGING STATIONS
AND I SHOULD ASK HOW WILL THESE
CHARGING STATIONS BE PAID FOR.
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE
ANNOUNCEMENT YOU JUST MENTIONED
FROM VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, YOU
KNOW THIS FEDERAL FUNDING WILL
BE SO IMPORTANT TO ENSURE ALSO
THIS CHARGE INFRASTRUCTURE
IS AVAILABLE ALL OF OUR MEMBERS
TO THAT PARTICULAR INVESTOR
ELECTRIC COMPANIES ALREADY
TODAY HAVE MORE THAN 3 BILLION
DOLLARS APPROVED BY THE
REGULATORS AND STATES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TO INVEST IN A BE
CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE
EXPECT THAT TO GROW OVER TIME
AND WE REALLY ARE MAKE THOSE
INVESTMENTS ON BEHALF OF ALL
CUSTOMERS BECAUSE OF THE
BENEFITS THAT YOU MENTIONED
EARLIER. SO WE ARE KEY POINT
HERE IS TO ENSURE THAT THE
INVESTMENT FIRM ELECTRIC
COMPANIES FROM AND HE'S AND
THIS NEW INFLUX OF FEDERAL
FUNDING CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER
IN A SEAMLESS WAY TO ENSURE THE
DRIVERS HAVE THE CONFIDENCE
MAKING TRIPS WE THINK ALL THIS
FUNDING IS NEEDED AND AND
ACTUALLY MUCH
MORE FRANKLY.
>> WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THIS
ROLE OUT WHICH AREAS OF THE
U.S. COULD SEE THESE CHARGING
STATIONS FOR SCOTLAND.
>> NO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION,
YOU KNOW THE EU MARKET IS
REALLY GROWING, BUT IT'S
CERTAINLY A DIFFERENT AND AND
EVERY STATE CALIFORNIA MAKES UP
ABOUT HALF OF THE EVENING
MARKET TODAY. BUT WE THINK IT'S
SO IMPORTANT PARTICULARLY AS
ELECTRIC COMPANIES TO ENSURE
THAT ALL OF OUR.
>> CUSTOMERS HAVE ACCESS TO
CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO AGAIN EACH OF THE MEMBERS OF
OUR COALITION WILL
FOCUS ON WHICH QUARTER THEY
WANT TO TARGET, BUT I THINK THE
KEY POINT HERE IS THAT
THEY HAVE ALL SECT AN
ASPIRATIONAL GOAL TO HAVE THIS
IN PLACE BY
2023. REALLY PROVIDE THAT
SIGNAL PARTICULAR AS AUTOMAKERS
RAMP UP THE PRODUCT AVAILABLE
NEXT
COMING YEARS THAT THESE ARE
CARS THAT CUSTOMERS CAN CAN
DRIVE WITH CONFIDENCE AND CAN
BE THEIR FIRST CHOICE FOR A
VEHICLE GOING FORWARD.
>> EVEN COMPANIES LIKE TESLA
ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING
CHARGING STATION HERE IN THE
U.S., I KNOW AT LEAST IN THE
NORTHEAST. IT'S IT'S PRETTY
EASY TO FIND A TESLA CHARGING
STATION ARE THERE ANY
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BRINGING
THOSE CHARGERS INTO THE NETWORK
ALLEN. YOU KNOW IT'S SO
IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP.
>> GOING TO BE KEY HERE IN EACH
OF OUR
MEMBERS ARE I LOOK REALLY CLOSE
AND THEIR TERRITORY AND FIND
OUT WHAT'S ALREADY THERE AND
THEN HOW TO FILL IN THE YOU
MENTION TESLA ELECTRIFY AMERICA
EGO ARE ALREADY OUT THERE.
WE FIND THAT THESE TEND TO BE
ON THESE MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND
TRAVEL CORRIDORS BUT WHEN YOU
LOOK INTO SIR, THE SECONDARY
CORRIDORS STATE ROUTES. THEY'RE
STILL A LOT OF GAPS IN THE
NETWORK AND THOSE WILL BE THE
ONE THAT I THINK
OUR MEMBERS PRIMARILY ARE
FOCUSED ON ENSURING ALL DRIVERS
CAN REALLY COMPETE COMPLETE THE
TRIPS. THE MATTER WHERE
THEY'RE GOING.
>> SO ACCORDING TO THE HARRIS
PLAN TO LOCK RIGHT 7.5 BILLION
DOLLARS TO ADVANCE THIS BUILD
OUT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGING NETWORKS YOU THINK
THAT'S ENOUGH.
>> YOU KNOW I THINK THE
ADMINISTRATION STARTED OUT WITH
A
A 5TH IN BILLION DOLLAR GOAL IN
THE AMERICAN JOBS SO WE'RE
YOU KNOW 7 MILLION DOLLARS IS
GREAT. I MENTIONED OUR MEMBERS
PROVED TO INVEST 3.4 BILLION
OR MORE ACROSS ALL YOU NEED
CHARGING NOT JUST THESE TRAVEL
WE REALLY THINK OF THIS IS A
DOWN.
AS ELECTRIC VEHICLES REALLY
PROLIFERATE YOU'VE HEARD THE
TARGETS FROM GM AND FORD AND
SOME OF THE OTHER CAR COMPANIES
TO REALLY GET TO 4050% OF NEW
CAR SALES BY 2030 BE ELECTRIC.
WE REALLY NEED TO SEE THAT
CONCURRENT INVESTMENT IN
CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE TO
REALLY LEAD THE MARKET ENSURE
DRIVERS HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE
CHOICES THAT THEY'RE MAKING SO
WE REALLY SEE ALL THIS DATA AND
MUCH