The Electrification Coalition – Roadmap

The recently established Electrification Coalition, a group of business leaders committed to promote the deployment of electric vehicles though a variety of policies and actions, has published its Electrification Roadmap, a sweeping report outlining a vision for the deployment of a fully integrated electric drive network.

Electrification at a mass scale presents complex challenges that must be analyzed and solved if policymakers are to act. The individual elements of an electrified transportation system, cars, batteries, recharging infrastructure make up a highly-integrated system, in which every part depends on the other.

The report details the dangers of oil dependence, explains the benefits of electrification, describes the challenges facing electric cars - including battery technology and cost, infrastructure financing, regulatory requirements, electric power sector interface, and consumer acceptance issues - and provides specific and detailed policy proposals to overcome those challenges.