On August 4 through September 8, 2020, he Electrification Coalition partnered with Smart Columbus to host a three-part webinar series to talk about the successful electrification program in Columbus, Ohio, which won the U.S. Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge in 2016. Separate sessions focused on advanced fleet electrification, increased consumer EV adoption, and charging infrastructure. Learn about this electrification success in Columbus with the webinar recordings and slide presentations below.
Advancing Fleet Electrification (View Slides) As the winner of the $10 million Smart City Challenge grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Columbus committed to adding hundreds of EVs to local public and private fleets. Discover innovative practices for public fleet procurement that led to the adoption of more than 300 public EVs, as well as challenges encountered in private fleet adoption and strategies to mitigate them moving forward.
Speakers
- Jennifer Fennig, Director, Marketing Communications, Smart Columbus
- Benjamin Prochazka, Executive Director, Electrification Coalition
- Bud Braughton, Project Manager, Smart Columbus
Driving Consumer Adoption Through Public-Private Partnerships (View Slides) In three years, Columbus increased electric vehicle adoption more than four-fold without supportive state policies or incentives, but through the collaboration of the public and private sectors under the $10 million Smart City Challenge grant awarded to Columbus by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. Discover how more than 70 Columbus companies came together to educate tens of thousands of drivers on EVs, conduct more than 12,000 EV test drives, create new corporate incentive programs, and grow consideration for EVs by more than 20%.
Speakers
- Matt Stephens-Rich, Director of Technical Services, Electrification Coalition
- Jordan Davis, Director, Smart Columbus
- Allegra Wiesler, Sustainability Advisor, OhioHealth
Fortifying Regional EV Charging Infrastructure (View Slides) Through private investments and the $10 million Smart City Challenge grant awarded to Columbus by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, more than 1,000 new EV charging ports have been installed in the Columbus Region. This explosion of charging has contributed to a more than four-fold increase in EV purchases in the last three years. Discover how Smart Columbus partnered with local utilities to help residents, workplaces, businesses and developers identify the right ways to install EV charging infrastructure for their current needs and for the future.
Speakers
- Jennifer Fennig, Director, Marketing Communications, Smart Columbus
- Bud Braughton, Project Manager, Smart Columbus
- Natalia Swalnick, Senior Director of EV Programs, Electrification Coalition
- Scott Jaffee, Project Engineer, GPD Group