SB 507, the Equitable EV Charging Act, could benefit roughly 55% of Californians living in low-income communities by quantifying how many chargers are needed to adequately support their adoption of EVs.
In 2022, California's Air Resources Board adopted rules to phase out the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035, renewing conversations about the importance of infrastructure planning.
"Priority populations hit first and worst by climate change, air pollution, and poverty need to be front and centre in our planning efforts for the transition to electric vehicles," said Senator Gonzalez. "This legislation will help us understand their infrastructure needs and measure whether we are on track to close the gaps in equitable access to EV chargers."
In 2022, Flo and ChargerHelp! sponsored the EV Charging Reliability Transparency Act, which supports the state's transition to electric vehicles by mandating a reliability standard for charging stations and was signed into law by Governor Newsom. In New York, Flo and ChargerHelp! are sponsoring similar legislation this year to require the disclosure of reliability data for all publicly funded EV charging stations in the state.
