CG Global and LOCOMeX Join Forces to Promote Environmental Justice with Electric Vehicles (EVs) by Christiana Jemiri
CG Global Management Solutions (CG Global) and LOCOMeX hopes to collaborate with
large metropolitan areas like New York City, believing a greener society’s future starts with
empowering environmentally disadvantaged communities with a clean energy economy. With
electric vehicles (EVs), CG Global & LOCOMeX hopes to work with New York City to
implement an Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) program. By implementing such a
program throughout the city, the program aims to help improve air quality, reduce noise pollution,
reduce vehicular GHG emissions, and expand access to clean transportation.
The project is centered around three stages to explain the program’s design, plan, and
implementation. Stage 1 focuses on creating the goals and requirements of the program by
creating EV infrastructure adoption scenarios and penetration forecasts to determine the amount
of charging plugs required. Stage 2 focuses on infrastructure siting analysis by analyzing traffic
patterns, reviewing charging technologies, assessing the capacity of existing power grid, and
determining the commercial viability and funding requirements for ownership structures and
business models. Finally, in Stage 3, the final stage will focus on program evaluation and design,
which will look at blueprint goals, identify key barriers to EV adoption, and outline staffing,
costs, scheduling, risk management, and funding plans.
Currently, the team prioritizes two tasks: the feasibility study and the funding source. The
first task focuses on a feasibility study and planning to assess the current and future demand for
EVCI by analyzing existing infrastructure for using charging ports. With site selection,
environmental justice data was collected through census data, historical vehicle registration,
forecasted EV adoption, and commuter routes. The second task will focus on leveraging federal,
state, local utilities, and private sector funding, with a particular focus on federal funding from the
Biden administration’s infrastructure bill. EVCI programs are already being piloted nationwide in
states like California and Michigan, hoping to make this a reality soon in the Big Apple.
