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Emma Mast

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California's executive order N-79-20 and California government code 65850.7 are policies meant to streamline electric vehicle (EV) adoption and infrastructure. The transportation sector accounts for almost a third of the United State's total emissions, meaning that electric vehicles (EV) provide great potential for climate mitigation. However, there are income and racial disparity in household publicly available electric vehicle infrastructure accessibility (Lou, Shen and Niemeier, 2024). To understand how policies affect EV adoption and environmental justice in this transitional period, this study focuses on local policies and uses policy textual data analysis to answer two questions. How is EV charger permitting policy designed? How are social equity and justice considerations incorporated in the EV charging permit municipal code? Focusing on California's counties and municipalities (N = 540), four policy design components are coded, including policy goal, application format, application review processes, and streamlining processes. The results will assemble percentages of policies that focus on each theme, thus creating an idea of how EV policy is constructed and how accessible the policy is to the public. Lou, J., Shen, X., Niemeier, D.A. et al. Income and racial disparity in household publicly available electric vehicle infrastructure accessibility. Nat Commun 15, 5106 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49481-w Keywords: Electric Vehicle; Charging Infrastructure; Policy Language

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Purdue University / 2024

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Emma Mast