Overview:

Summary: Electrifying and reducing the fuel load of vehicles reduces excess urban heat emitted by gasoline-powered vehicles.

Implementation: Promote electric vehicle adoption by offering rebates or tax credits for the purchase or lease of electric or hybrid vehicles.

Considerations for Use: Consider a progressive incentive structure with higher rebates for low- to moderate- income consumers.

• Policy Levers:
  
  
  IncentiveFinancial and non-financial incentives to encourage stakeholders to implement heat risk reduction and preparedness solutions, including rebates, tax credits, expedited permitting, development/zoning bonuses, and more.
• Trigger Points:
  
  
  City planning processesIncludes city initiatives such as the development of climate action plan, pathway to zero-energy, master plan, transit plan, energy mapping etc.
  No-regrets actions (low cost/low effort but substantial benefit)Interventions that are relatively low-cost and low effort (in terms of requisite dependencies) but have substantial environmental and/or social benefits.
• Intervention Type:
  Planning/Policy
• Sectors:
  Transportation

Impact:

• Target Beneficiaries:
  Residents
• Phase of Impact:
  Risk reduction and mitigation
• Metrics:
  Number of electric vehicles, Number of residents participating in program

Case Studies:

• San Jose Rebate & Incentives
• NYSERDA Drive Clean Rebate program

Implementation:

• Intervention Scale:
  City, National, State/Province
• Authority and Governance:
  City government, National government, State/provincial government
• Implementation Timeline:
  Short-term (1-2 Years)
• Implementation Stakeholders:
  City government, Industry, Public
• Funding Sources:
  Public investment
• Capacity to Act:
  High, Medium

Benefits:

• Cost-Benefit:
  Low
• Public Good:
  Medium
• GHG Reduction:
  Medium
• Co-benefits (Climate/Environmental):
  Reduce air and water pollution, Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Co-benefits (Social):
  Improve the public realm