Equipment Overview
Accessibility to EV charging is becoming increasingly important as more car companies manufacture electric cars and more consum- ers purchase them. Tesla, once the premier EV manufacturer, has new, more affordable competitors. Toyota, Volkswagen, Honda, Fiat Chrysler, Nissan, Volvo and General Motors all have electric vehicles on their assembly lines. Expanded options will attract new EV drivers; some may eventually step out of the sedan and into a truck or SUV built by Orange County’s luxury electric car maker Rivian. Investing in EV infrastructure can future-proof your business for market resiliency and mass appeal. Onsite charging stations provide access to beneficial data including CO2 savings, kWh-usage, energy costs and charging point activity. This data informs internal reports, tax declarations and marketing plans. Vehicle fleet operators in Southern California may be particularly interested in EV ecosys- tems. McKinsey predicts EV fleet charging will materialize first in places with high-demand charges and sunny weather, which makes solar-power generation more economical. As- suming widespread EV adoption, McKinsey projects that commercial and passenger fleets in the United States could include as many as eight million EVs by 2030 (compared with fewer than 5,000 in 2018), and fleet EVs will have a total cost of ownership that is 15 to 25 percent less than internal combustion engine vehicles.
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