This past week, Sarthak and I met with the students on the Transportation Team to discuss their various research projects for the rest of this semester and the upcoming semester. We met with Pun Siripun on Nov. 11th, at 12pm; Charles Okoli on Nov. 14th, 12pn; Sebastian Vega on Nov. 15th, at 11am; and Mitchell Bryant on Nov. 15th at 1pm.
Please see the included report completed by the 2023-24 Transportation iCAP Team.
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Some of the comments from parking seem to imply a LOT of external vendor “input” on corded Level 2 chargers. I sense a reluctance about outlet-based charging, even though it can get to extreme scale. I am not sure the folks have thought much about the energy costs and effective costs of moving a car. We still have the experience of minimal use because of high cost and inconvenience of moving cars with the commercial units in place.
Here are updated slides from this morning.
Phil
Today, through its Driving a Cleaner Illinois program, the Illinois EPA announced the Driving a Cleaner Illinois – Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) EV Charging Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the purchase and installation of new Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) light-duty electric vehicle charging stations at publicly accessible locations.
Sarthak and Morgan met with Phil Krein to talk about the EV charging support on campus. See attached the powerpoint slides that Phil shared. Following are some talking points:
The transportation iCAP team met on Friday, December 2nd at 3:00 P.M. CST to discuss electric vehicle charging, and updates on bike shelter procurement for the university. Due to a software error, the meeting minutes were not recorded.
Link to meeting recording: https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_u3g573fb
Hi Morgan,
The proposed metrics (i.e., number of level 2 chargers) are certainly interesting. Could we also track the chargers' utilization? My group can help with such an analysis as needed. I am happy to discuss opportunities for a more comprehensive assessment of shared charging use by the university fleet and other passenger vehicles in the university. Effective charging sharing and management schemes will play an important role as electric vehicle adoption and use grow. Thanks in advance!
Best regards,
Ria
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Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou, PhD
Please see attached
Following is an email from Robert O'Daniell regarding EV charging stations and his experience during his recent road trip.
From: Robert O'Daniell
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 2:58 PM
To: White, Morgan; Prasad, Sarthak; Kontou, Eleftheria
Subject: A personalized update about EVs
Attached are the charging stations being donated by GM/Serra. GM/Serra donated 3 level-2 EV chargers for C7/C10 parking decks.
Please see attached.
On May 24, Sarthak Prasad met with Gabe Lewis to talk about EVs. Gabe is the Transportation Planner at the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) and he currently leads the RPC Tech Committee which consists of 7 members – Champaign, Urbana, Savoy, Rantoul, St. Joseph, Mahomet, and Champaign County. Most recently, they had been talking about the feasibility of EVs in urban as well as the rural areas in the county.
Robert O'Daniell met with Morgan and me on Friday, May 13, 2022. We talked about the following topics:
The following is an email sent from Gabriel Lewis to Morgan White regarding EV research.
Hi Morgan,
I’m doing research for the local municipalities on Electric Vehicles (EVs), to start out with a literature review.
Katie Simpson in Savoy mentioned that you/UIUC were starting discussions last fall about researching EVs as well. I know it’s a broad topic, but are they any updates or information I should be aware of from the University side?
I found a couple of relevant search results online:
I met with Robert O'Daniell on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. We covered several topics, including the electrification trend, Federal and State tax credits for EVs, but majority of the time was dedicated to learn about the EV charging stations in Champaign County as compared to other cities.
Robert also shared his own experience as an EV owner and the survey he is currently conducting to gauge interest in increasing the number of public-use EV charging and possibility of introducing DC Fast Charging to the campus and Champaign County.
From: Robert O'Daniell <rodaniell@att.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2022 5:05 PM
To: White, Morgan; Slezak, Paul
Cc: DeLorenzo, Stacey; Prasad, Sarthak
Subject: I guess I spoke too soon Re: I’m happy to report
From: Robert O'Daniell <rodaniell@att.net>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 1:43 PM
To: White, Morgan; Slezak, Paul
Cc: DeLorenzo, Stacey; Prasad, Sarthak
Subject: I’m happy to report
The chargers at B4 are back - showing up on the Where to Charge apps again. (Began Feb 24th)
The damaged screen still not replaced at D22 ( supply chain issue ? )
UIC has a Level 3 charging station in a parking garage on the east campus.
