In partnership with C40 and Climate Mayors, LACI has launched its City Climate Innovation Challenge (City Challenge) for Light-duty Urban Charging Infrastructure (LUCI) and is seeking solutions–via this request for information (RFI)--to be considered for piloting with selected local governments across the United States. LACI is primarily seeking technology innovations but also invites submission of policy and business model innovations from startups as well as established corporates and other entities (e.g., nonprofits, academia, policy consultants, community groups, etc) to advance infrastructure availability and affordability for passenger car charging.
About LACI and City Climate Innovation Challenge
The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)’s mission is to create an inclusive green economy by unlocking innovation, transforming markets, and enhancing community. Based on LACI’s work with cities and startups as well as community groups, policy makers, workforce, and the private sector, the City Challenge was shaped to help cities to better invite and scale equitable climate solutions. The City Challenge also builds on research jointly conducted by LACI, C40 and PwC entitled Cleantech Cities: Accelerating Climate Action Through Startups and Corporate Innovation. Originally unveiled at the 2019 UN COP25 in Madrid, the research estimated the potential of new technologies and disruptive innovation in cities by 2030 could further reduce GHGs by 35% from buildings, transport and waste innovations as well as create a $5 trillion market and other co-benefits (e.g., green job creation, public health improvements, etc).
About LUCI Challenge
LACI–in partnership with Climate Mayors and C40 Cities–have selected the cities for the 2nd City Challenge for Light-Duty Urban Charging Infrastructure (LUCI) Challenge. Joining Los Angeles, CA are: New York City, NY; Portland, OR; Washington DC (all cities who participated in the first Cohort) as well as Alexandria, VA; Atlanta GA; Baltimore, MD; Chicago, IL; Hayward, CA; Knoxville, TN; Palo Alto, CA; Salem, MA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; and Sonoma, CA (“Cohort Cities”). These sixteen cities’ combined metropolitan populations represent over 70 million people–one in every five Americans–representing a bold market signal for zero emissions delivery.
The goals of this project include:
- Helping the 16 cities in the LUCI Challenge identify new and emerging light-duty charging infrastructure solutions, specific to the urban environment, that can be planned or piloted along with peer-to-peer learnings;
- Leveraging funding secured by LACI to pilot projects in a subset of the 16 cities; and
- Identifying ways to scale solutions quickly from one city to nationwide deployment that will result in a final report, case studies, and recommendations.
Please read our full RFI document (linked below) for details about the project and response requirements:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YyYL2kH0r5mgxc6zItR9J4XbjSbG2Eom/view?usp=sharing
LACI is now accepting expressions of interest in response to this RFI. We look forward to reviewing submissions in detail, and will inform each stakeholder of the outcome within six weeks of the submission window closing. If you have questions relating to the submission of the RFI responses, they can be directed to Alexandria Bernabe at alexandria@laci.org and Jack Symington at jack@laci.org
CITY CLIMATE INNOVATION CHALLENGE for Light-duty Urban Charging Infrastructure
In partnership with C40 and Climate Mayors, LACI has launched its City Climate Innovation Challenge (City Challenge) for Light-duty Urban Charging Infrastructure (LUCI) and is seeking solutions–via this request for information (RFI)--to be considered for piloting with selected local governments across the United States. LACI is primarily seeking technology innovations but also invites submission of policy and business model innovations from startups as well as established corporates and other entities (e.g., nonprofits, academia, policy consultants, community groups, etc) to advance infrastructure availability and affordability for passenger car charging.
About LACI and City Climate Innovation Challenge
The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)’s mission is to create an inclusive green economy by unlocking innovation, transforming markets, and enhancing community. Based on LACI’s work with cities and startups as well as community groups, policy makers, workforce, and the private sector, the City Challenge was shaped to help cities to better invite and scale equitable climate solutions. The City Challenge also builds on research jointly conducted by LACI, C40 and PwC entitled Cleantech Cities: Accelerating Climate Action Through Startups and Corporate Innovation. Originally unveiled at the 2019 UN COP25 in Madrid, the research estimated the potential of new technologies and disruptive innovation in cities by 2030 could further reduce GHGs by 35% from buildings, transport and waste innovations as well as create a $5 trillion market and other co-benefits (e.g., green job creation, public health improvements, etc).
About LUCI Challenge
LACI–in partnership with Climate Mayors and C40 Cities–have selected the cities for the 2nd City Challenge for Light-Duty Urban Charging Infrastructure (LUCI) Challenge. Joining Los Angeles, CA are: New York City, NY; Portland, OR; Washington DC (all cities who participated in the first Cohort) as well as Alexandria, VA; Atlanta GA; Baltimore, MD; Chicago, IL; Hayward, CA; Knoxville, TN; Palo Alto, CA; Salem, MA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; and Sonoma, CA (“Cohort Cities”). These sixteen cities’ combined metropolitan populations represent over 70 million people–one in every five Americans–representing a bold market signal for zero emissions delivery.
The goals of this project include:
- Helping the 16 cities in the LUCI Challenge identify new and emerging light-duty charging infrastructure solutions, specific to the urban environment, that can be planned or piloted along with peer-to-peer learnings;
- Leveraging funding secured by LACI to pilot projects in a subset of the 16 cities; and
- Identifying ways to scale solutions quickly from one city to nationwide deployment that will result in a final report, case studies, and recommendations.
Please read our full RFI document (linked below) for details about the project and response requirements:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YyYL2kH0r5mgxc6zItR9J4XbjSbG2Eom/view?usp=sharing
LACI is now accepting expressions of interest in response to this RFI. We look forward to reviewing submissions in detail, and will inform each stakeholder of the outcome within six weeks of the submission window closing. If you have questions relating to the submission of the RFI responses, they can be directed to Alexandria Bernabe at alexandria@laci.org and Jack Symington at jack@laci.org