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This chapter will discuss the value proposition for Smart City communities in adopting transportation electrification to include Electric Vehicles. Benefits include supporting positive results for cleaner air, climate change, affordability, energy security, and electric grid resiliency. Specific solutions will be analyzed based on Austin’s utility deployments from the past 5 years and its current transportation electrification roadmap. Project details and lessons learned will be discussed.
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Popham, K. (2018). Transportation Electrification. In: McClellan, S., Jimenez, J., Koutitas, G. (eds) Smart Cities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59381-4_7
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