Change is Here: A Playbook for Equitable Electric Mobility

The Equitable Electric Mobility Playbook provides policymakers and their stakeholders with the basic tools to recognize how this inequitable landscape impacts historically marginalized communities and accelerate electric mobility adoption within these communities.

The rapid transition to an electric mobility system is underway. In addition to the rise of shared electric bikes, scooters, mopeds, microtransit, and buses, automakers are transitioning away from internal combustion engines and toward electric vehicles with dozens of new electric vehicle models on the market in the next five years. Cities are adding new charging infrastructure to support this transition. But is this a just and equitable transition? Are our historically marginalized communities—including low-income and Black, Indigenous, and people of color—reaping the benefits of this transition?

The Equitable Electric Mobility Playbook provides policymakers and their stakeholders with the basic tools to recognize how this inequitable landscape impacts historically marginalized communities and accelerate electric mobility adoption within these communities. While the Playbook references the connections to other forms of electric mobility, such as public transit, shared scooters and bikes, this Playbook focuses on removing barriers to accessing personally owned and shared electric vehicles and convenient public charging infrastructure. We have an opportunity to get it right, and the time to partner and invest is now. We hope to realize a future where all mobility options are clean, affordable, and accessible. But more importantly, we hope the electric future is designed to meet the diverse mobility needs of cities while helping historically marginalized communities achieve their full potential.