The number of electric vehicles on California roads is increasing. Most car brands have a hybrid or electric car in their portfolio. Numerous rebate programs reduce the cost of purchase and total cost of ownership. The number of plug-in points is increasing. The driving ranges are increasing. As the barriers are lowering, and the urgency to reduce greenhouse gases increases, will the number of electrical vehicles grow faster? And what will the implications be for you, and for San Diego?
Colin Santulli will provide an ‘EV 101’ as a basis for the rest of the evening, as well as discuss the state of the EV market in San Diego and California more broadly.
Kevin O'Beirne
Customer Solutions Manager
SDG&E Clean Transportation & Advanced Technology Integration
Kevin O'Beirne has been with San Diego Gas & Electric for twelve years, spending ten years doing regulatory case management work for the utility. Recently, he has been working on residential rate reform and the challenges of integrating the growth of electric vehicles into the distribution grid. Kevin is a graduate of Stanford University with a degree in public policy.
Peder is a San Diego native and a 33 year resident of Carlsbad CA, where he lives in a Net Zero Energy home. Peder is a consultant in the fields of economic development, planning, agriculture and transportation. He is currently under contract with the City of Carlsbad, The Leichtag Foundation, and APEX Performance where he is working with BMW and Toyota on emerging transportation technologies. Peder has been a Field Rest driver for BMW during the past 6 years logging more than 100,000 miles in various electric vehicles.Regionally, Peder has served as a San Diego County Planning Commissioner for the past eight years and is currently serving as Chairperson of the Technical Advisory Committee drafting the Renewable Energy Master Plan for the County of San Diego.
As Senior Manager of Transportation Programs, Colin Santulli directs CSE’s alternative fuel programs including the California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (for the California Air Resources Board) and similar statewide incentive projects in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He also oversees the development and implementation of regional plug-in electric and alternative-fuel vehicle readiness plans, including the San Diego Regional Readiness Plans, in partnership with SANDAG. Colin oversees additional various vehicle adoption programs and consumer awareness initiatives, most notably, the San Francisco Metropolitan Transit Commission’s Experience Electric campaign that provided PEV test drives for more than 4,250 drivers during a six-month promotion. He has a master’s degree in international affairs with an environmental policy emphasis from the University of California, San Diego.