Frequently Asked Questions

WHO?

The MOU’s signatories include national and regional organizations with clean transportation and infrastructure as core parts of their mission. Together, these groups represent (see attached summary): 

  • Traditional and electric vehicle (EV) focused manufacturers that build essentially all of the cars, trucks and buses sold in the United States;        

  • The electrical workers who play a critical role installing and maintaining equipment and infrastructure needed to electrify vehicles;

  • Investor-owned utilities that provide electricity for 220 million Americans and operate in all 50 states;

  • Suppliers that play a key role in the electric drive value chain, including vehicle, battery and component manufacturers;

  • EV charging infrastructure companies and network providers that have deployed more than 100,000 public charging ports throughout the United States;

  • More than 50 companies, 75% of which are Fortune 500, committed to sustainability, including electrifying their own fleets;

  • Tens of millions of Americans who are members of the nation’s largest environmental advocacy groups;

  • EV drivers, including a network of diverse drivers working to ensure all Americans can access the benefits EVs provide;

  • Advocates who address the root causes of racial, economic and environmental inequities;

  • National and regional organizations that touch all parts of the US working to ensure the rights of all people to clean air and healthy communities and to advance a smarter transportation system that moves people and goods more efficiently and sustainably.

 

The current signatories can be found here.

 

WHAT?

The MOU signals intent and commitment to develop a framework for a public-private partnership that engages all relevant stakeholders, and to develop an Action Plan that lays out how everyone involved would help deploy a national charging network for light, medium, and heavy-duty vehicles needed to meet aggressive air quality, climate, and equity goals. Our Summit this fall will showcase actions that have taken place in the United States and inspire deeper commitments from stakeholders and from the federal government.

 

WHEN?  

Following the release of the MOU, signatories to the MOU will work over the course of the next month to develop Guiding Principles for the Initiative. A virtual, half-day EV Charging Summit will be held January 20, 2022.

 

WHERE?

This Initiative brings together a broad and diverse group of national and regional stakeholders from across the United States. These groups acknowledge the need for collaboration between policymakers at all levels of government, fleet owners, organized labor, electric utilities, and financiers in order to build out EV charging infrastructure. 

 

WHY?

Given the surge of new investments and pledges for electric vehicles, a new focus is taking place on the charging network that we will need to support this transition. This broad coalition of groups is coming together to say: Yes, we can! A combination of private and public investments will deliver the charging network the nation needs to transition to zero-emitting vehicles.

 

WHO IS ORGANIZING THE INITIATIVE?

eMobility Advisors, on behalf of and with strategic and financial support from NRDC, is leading the planning, organization, and execution of the Initiative.