On-site event | Cities Summit - E-mobility in Public and Private Transport: Issues, Challenges and Best Practices in the Americas

In 2022 the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved the Advanced Clear Car II (ACCII) rule1  with a goal that 100% of all passenger cars and trucks sold in the state would be zero emissions vehicles (ZEVs) by the year 2035. Also, by 2045 all medium and heavy-duty vehicles (truck and buses) sold in California (CA) would also be ZEV where feasible.2  100% of all drayage trucks would also need to be ZEV by 2035.3  Similarly,  Costa Rica approved legislation in 2017 providing incentives towards electric transportation and EV use, including tax exemptions on consumption, sales and customs for imports4  as well as a recently approved initiativos al Transporte Verde (green transport initiatives) that have positioned the country to have among the most advanced EV policies in Latin America5. 

The early EV-related regulatory and legislative leadership on the part of California and Costa Rica offer valuable lessons learned for other judications across the Americas on issues of policies addressing market adoption incentives, infrastructure, workforce development, ZEV public transport as well as issues of social equity given the current high cost of two-wheel electric vehicles.  Both locales are also beginning to have ripple efforts beyond their immediate borders. In the case of California, the impacts of that state’s regulatory mandate are beginning to be felt by the neighboring Baja California, Mexico as that state prepares for the growing number of California’s EV driving tourists and EV related requirements for cross-border tractor trailers and other commercial vehicles spurring expanded binational sub-national collaboration between the states. In the case of Costa Rica, similar cross-border ripple effects are now also being experienced in Panama with the implementation of the Ruta Eléctrica San José – Ciudad de Panamá. The City & County of Denver is also a leader to promoting expanded e-mobility in their region with the implementation of its e-bike rebate program that serves as a model for other communities across the Americas. 

 The panel will bring together subnational experts and project implementers from across the Americas (California, USA; Denver, Colorado; San Jose, Costa Rica; Baja California, Mexico) to examine e-mobility related regulatory best practices and lessons learned related to market adoption, EV-infrastructure, approaches to public and private financing as well as issues related to workforce development; environmental, health & safety concerns; emergency planning and response as well as social equity.  

Date: Thursday, April 27th

Time: 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. (MST)

Place: Mile High Ballroom 4A-B at the Colorado Convention Center