CEC: Alternative Fuel and Advanced Transportation Center: Summary of ProposalE4 Advanced Transportation Center

Purpose

Public Policy

To provide a central clearinghouse for public information and a framework and process for stakeholder coordination to advance

adoption of alt fuel and advanced vehicle technology in Southern California

Goals Develop and launch virtual and physical center locations and keep them

open for a minimum of five years. Outreach to and convene members of the public as well as critical

stakeholders. Facilitate regional coordination in workforce development and regional

planning. Provide a central location for companies, researchers, and public

agencies to collaborate on alternative fuels, technology development, intellectual property protection, prototyping, and development needs.

Ensure the Center is sustained with strong organizational development to grow the adoption, development, commercialization, and export of alt fuels and advanced vehicle technology.

Public Policy

Great Regional SupportWe integrate a wide geographic area with physical presence at LACI for Los Angeles and CSI for San Diego and web presence from LAEDC and SMERC

ObjectivesObjectives Actions

Charging and Infrastructure Grants & Demos

Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Grants & Demos

Autonomous Vehicles Organize Pilots and Industry Cluster

Local Industry Cluster Attract and Support Companies

Fleets, Ports and Public Transit Events, Business Attraction, Policy and Demos

Consumer Awareness and Adoption Outreach events with partners; refuel availability (website); dealer incentives & training; policy

Status: Open for Business at LACI and CSELos Angeles CenterLos Angeles Cleantech Incubator411 S Hewitt StreetLos Angeles, CA 90013Phone: (213) 375-8980

San Diego CenterCenter for Sustainable Energy9325 Sky Park Court, #100San Diego, CA 92123T: (858) 244-1177

Public Policy

New Physical Locations:•CleanTech OC•PortTech•Inland Empire

http://www.advancedtransportationcenter.org/

Affiliate Organization:•Bay Area ATC – Berkeley•Central California – Carbon Blue•NoCal ATC - Humbolt

ActivitiesRecent Events Global Clean Port Summit Formula e Event E4 Mobility Alliance monthly

Upcoming Events: ACT expo AltCar (NoCal

Activities Requiring Partnership Include:WebinarsConferencesDemosGrantsOutreach

Example: Autonomous Vehicles

• Parking Garage for Museum ---$50,000 per stall• Opens in 2023• Uber, etc may be more commonplace• Self Parking cars may be majority of fleet• Many leaders have no knowledge. Senior

official “you don’t believe in that stuff?”

Current Developments• BMW, Mercedes, Audi Nissan, Ford, Google and Apple have

research labs in full development • None in Los Angeles• Mercedes has self driving trucks• Audi is going cross country in an autonmous car• Mercedes is driving around San Francisco in in autonomous

office car.

These Are Real Photos

Opportunity• Autonomous vehicles are coming much faster than we thought• It will bring change to important areas for the Los Angeles area

– Personal transportation– Public transportation– Goods movement– Land use

• We need to be proactive not reactive• We need coordination between public and private sectors to avoid

inefficiencies

Policy Guide for Civic Leaders• What is timeline for developments• What planning changes need to be made• What regulatory changes are necessary• What will encourage investment here• How does Los Angeles become the look to area

for this technology

Business Cluster Development• Development should be oriented around regional strengths

– Largest automotive market – will attract pilots– Goods movement – ports & distribution– Public transit – multimodal plan (congestion & air quality)– Entertainment – connected car– Leverage aerospace and defense resources– Open space for testing – lancaster, el toro afb

• Current leaders: Michigan, Silicon valley

Needed: Leadership • OEMs want path to

commercialization• Public spending should

be focused on new technologies

• Regulatory and policies aligned to new paradigm

R&D • Testing for local applications

Pilot• Pilot communities

Deploy• Commercialization with public

investment in regional systems

Goal: Regional Framework for Autonomous Vehicles• Leadership and organization planned• Stakeholders identified and engaged• Test facilities identified• Liability and insurance plan• Areas of concentration identified (e.g. goods movement, etc.)• Workforce needs• Timeline to implement (milestones)• Next step funding options