Industry Agenda Electric Vehicles for

Figure 17: Synthesis of San Francisco’s Bay Area local factors 
Level 
Rationales 
Example of tailored recommendations 
Infrastructure & 
design 
Smarter cities 
maturity
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Amongst top 5 smartest cities in the world 
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1
st
global start-up ecosystem in the world enabling 
smart urban development projects 
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Average density; 4
th
most congested city worldwide 
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Develop charging hub integrated into the local 
energy system (grid and off grid) with dynamic 
pricing, to push for charging off-peak (during 
the day or overnight) 
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Build mobility charging hubs in cooperation 
with the utilities prioritizing location where 
there is low demand during the day in the 
outskirts of the city
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Continue to promote personal-use vehicles 
electrification while prioritizing public and 
private fleets through incentives and public 
procurement while driving AV penetration 
City density 
Energy Syst
em 
Carbon intensity 
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Clean energy mix in California with already 29% 
from renewables 
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Driven by increasing decentralized and non-
dispatchable solar and wind generation 
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Growing curtailment
Dispatchability 
Level of 
decentralization 
Mo
bility culture and 
patterns 
LDV ownership 
culture 
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High ownership culture with 70% of households 
owning a personal-use vehicle 
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Mobility-as-a-service and carpooling rising in the city 
(27% of motorized transport) 
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AV regulatory framework and ongoing pilots in the 
city (e.g., General Motors, Lyft, Uber, Waymo) 
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Good coverage of public transport system through 
bus and tramway networks (35% of motorized 
commuting)