Western Washington Clean Cities Coalition
The Western Washington Clean Cities Coalition provides resources, tools, and education to support alternative fuels, including fleet electrification.
All Resources
PlugShare: Charging Map
Find EV charging stations with PlugShare’s map of over 610,000 electric vehicle charging stations with user-added details, like photos and reviews.
EVI-Pro: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Projection Tool
EVI-Pro Lite is designed for U.S. Cities and States to estimate their charging infrastructure needs and power demands.
MRSC: Planning for Electric Vehicles
This page provides an overview of measures local governments in Washington State can take to support the use of electric vehicles, primarily by encouraging the growth of electric vehicle charging networks.
PSRC Draft Climate Change and Resilience Guidance
This guide helps jurisdictions meet the policy objectives for consistency with VISION 2050 and implement CC-Action-1. In addition, counties
may have additional policies related to greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation in their countywide
planning policies.
National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
NREL provides technical assistance to state, local, and tribal governments through several federal grant programs and has developed an extensive arsenal of integrated modeling and analysis tools.
Electrify America Charging Map
Electrify America’s goal is to promote greater Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) adoption by offering an ultrafast and convenient charging network. The website includes a webmap of charging locations across the country.
WA Dept of Commerce Clean Transportation
The Washington State Department of Commerce provides educational resources, funding opportunities, and supports the state’s EV coordinating council.
Seattle City Light EV Webpage
Seattle City Light is the public utility providing electricity to the City of Seattle. The department’s Electric Vehicle webpage is built to assist residents.
Local Government Playbook
The Local Government Playbook contains recommendations for how counties, cities, and towns can leverage federal investments in electric vehicle infrastructure. It provides a “checklist” of actions and strategies that local governments can enact now and in the future, including best practices, innovative policy approaches, and lessons from previous charging deployments.
EV Ready Code
A collection of EV ready codes including parking codes, building codes, and energy codes.
Snohomish PUD Connect & Drive
Snohomish County PUD’s Connect & Drive webpage includes information on tax credits and rebates, savings calculators, and shopping guides for EVs and at-home chargers.
Key Strategies to Help Cities Overcome the Charging Challenge
This blog post outlines two public charger deployment strategies–demand-driven and the planning-oriented–based on a study of select European cities, as proposed in the author’s working paper. See the PDF link to read the full working paper.
Jurisdiction EV Webpages
This is a collection of local jurisdiction EV webpages for reference.
ChargePoint Interactive Charging Map
ChargePoint is committed to deploying chargers that support passenger cars, delivery vehicles, buses and more. The company’s website includes a searchable map of the ChargePoint network (plus other charger networks) that allows users to filter and customize results, similar to the mobile app.
Puget Sound Energy: Up & Go Electric
Puget Sound Energy’s Eclectic Cars home page with basic information for those in their service territory.
Washington State University Green Transportation Program
The WSU Energy Program maintains this Green Transportation website to provide education and technical assistance to support public fleets’ transition to cleaner fuels.
State Procurement
The Washington State Department of Enterprise Services has developed master contracts for EVs and EV Supply Equipment (EVSE)
EVI-Equity: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure for Equity Model
National Renewable Energy Laboratory model to evaluate environmental justice, energy justice and energy equity of nationwide EV charging infrastructure on a census block group level.
Design Recommendations for Accessible Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
This document compiles recommendations to make EV charging stations accessible.
Charging Station Maps
This resource card contains a collection of charging station maps.
U.S. Dept. of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center
The DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) provides both introductory and advanced information on all major alternative fuels (biodiesel, electricity, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, and propane).
WA Ecology ZEV Website
The Washington State Department of Ecology Zero-Emission Vehicle Website provides an overview of the state Legislature-passed Zero-Emission Vehicle law.
Washington Environmental Health Disparities Map
This interactive mapping tool that compares communities across our state for environmental health disparities.
Electrification Coalition: Local EV Policy Toolkit
This toolkit is designed for policymakers at the city level and includes a summary of potential policies and examples of those policies in action, evaluating the cost, feasibility, benefits, and impacts of each. Policies address charging infrastructure, multi-sector issues, freight, fleets, and consumers.
Oregon DOT Electrification Infrastructure Needs Analysis
The Oregon TEINA focuses on analyzing light-duty vehicle (LDV) charging needs in the state while also addressing transit, delivery, freight, and micromobility vehicles during the modeling period of 2020–2035.
Non-Government Organizations
This is a list of organizations that provide educational resources and/or technical assistance.
Tacoma Power EV Webpage
Tacoma Power’s landing page for transportation electrification programs and resources.
Veloz
The Veloz website includes regularly-updated data on EV sales nationwide as well as the growing number of EV chargers and hydrogen fueling stations in California in their EV Market Report.
US DOT Rural EV Toolkit
This comprehensive toolkit covers EV Basics, Funding and Financing, Planning Resources, Benefits and Challenges.
Summary of Best Practices in Electric Vehicle Ordinances
This document is a summary guide to electric vehicle (EV) and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) ordinances in the US.
Washington State Plan for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment
Washington State’s Plan for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment is a blueprint for the planning, prioritization,
and implementation of a statewide network of charging stations along state highways.
Kitsap County Bicycle & EV Code Update
(As of 9/1/2022): Kitsap County Community Development Department is developing revisions county code to encourage and require new development and applicable redevelopment to install facilities for bicycle parking and electric vehicle charging. The draft ordinance is available on the County’s website and is currently in the public outreach phase.
Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Strategies for Future Success
A toolkit of strategies for addressing 12 key topics that will facilitate the future success of MPOs throughout the United States. Electric vehicle infrastructure and coordination is a topic included in the report.
Electric Transportation Toolkit: For Local Governments to Accelerate EV Adoption
The policy toolkit for local government addresses multiple issues where local policies can make an impact: electrification plans, fleet transitions, charging infrastructure, and engaging with public utilities and state agencies.
Forth Mobility
Forth Mobility is dedicated to electrifying transportation, focusing on: improving access to electric cars and charging, convening stakeholders through events and partnerships, supporting policies that advance electrification, and exploring emerging modes like micromobility.
Planning for EV Charging
A collection of toolkits and guidance outlining best practices for planning for transportation electrification.
Washington State Data: Electric Vehicle Populations
This dataset shows the Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) that are currently registered through Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL).
Greenlining Institute
The Greenlining Institute has numerous resources that can help you approach your transportation electrification project with an equity lens.
West Coast Electric Highway
The West Coast Electric Highway is an extensive network of EV fast charging stations located every 25-50 miles along I-5, Hwy 99, and other major roadways in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. The website includes an alternative fueling station locator map and links to plans and information developed by the state governments and partner organizations.
Charging in the Right-of-Way
This is a collection of resources pertaining to EV charging in the right-of-way.
Siting Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment with Equity in Mind
This paper analyzes (1) the extent to
which states and utilities are including equity in their EVSE siting and (2) considerations to help
ensure the benefits of transportation electrification (TE) reach all communities.
ChargeHub Interactive Charger Map
ChargeHub is an app that aggregates and tags all of the charging stations in North America, allowing drivers to search for charging stations, filter results, plan trips, create a favorites list, and message other users. The website features a live map powered by the app that displays charging stations as well as their status (available, busy, or offline).
EVgo Fast Charging Map
With more than 850 stations across 30 states EVgo Fast Charging is working to expedite mass adoption of electric vehicles by creating a convenient, reliable, and affordable EV charging network that delivers fast charging to everyone. Their website features a searchable map of EVgo fast charging stations.