Some good news: The California Energy Commission has finally released their solicitation for proposals for installing DC fast chargers along I5, Hwy 99, and Hwy 99. $10M total funding is offered. The solicitation says that this will "complete California’s north-south portion of an Electric Charging Highway Corridor (ECHC). California’s DC fast charging stations will complete the connection to the West Coast Electric Highway1 at the Oregon border and allow electric vehicles to travel through California south to Baja California." That said, the 101 region being considered is only between San Jose and Buellton.
Proposals are due November 19 with awards to be announced in Jan 2016. That means that the awarded stations will likely start becoming operational in early 2018 if the process happens at the some rate as the CEC's 2013 solicitation.
There is some interesting info in the main proposal document, including a description of the selected regions and the current and planned DCFCs in those locations. Here is a link to the solicitation docs:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/contracts/GFO-15-601/
Proposals are due November 19 with awards to be announced in Jan 2016. That means that the awarded stations will likely start becoming operational in early 2018 if the process happens at the some rate as the CEC's 2013 solicitation.
There is some interesting info in the main proposal document, including a description of the selected regions and the current and planned DCFCs in those locations. Here is a link to the solicitation docs:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/contracts/GFO-15-601/