Initiative Approach  

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The Initiative will build on DOE’s successful Voices of Experience approach, which resulted in the publications: Integrating Intermittent Resources. What Utilities are Learning. and Insights into Advanced Distribution Management Systems. An EV Future will convene stakeholders in peer-to-peer conversations to share their knowledge and experiences related to the build-out of the EV charging infrastructure and integration with the electric grid. The aim is to facilitate forward-looking discussions with the numerous stakeholders from across the transportation electrification ecosystem, including electric utilities, state and local governments, OEMs, vendors, charging network providers, advocates, fleet operators, and transit authorities. Discussions will focus on industry applications and pilots within the light, medium, and heavy-duty sectors. The goal is to highlight ongoing industry efforts, uncover gaps discovered through implementation, understand collaborative multi-stakeholder approaches, and identify areas for new research or federal collaboration.  Insights and experiences shared through the initiative will be compiled into a resource document for ongoing reference to assist stakeholders as they deploy and build out the infrastructure.

DOE will explore barriers, lessons learned, gaps and next steps associated with electrifying transportation.

Topics to Explore  
 

The effort explored the following topics. To better focus discussions, the topics were categorized into three areas of interest: planning, operations, and the business case.  Click on the topic box for more details about each topic.