EV Customer Research: The Role Utilities Can Play in Advancing EV Adoption

Posted by Shaina Kaye on December 5, 2019 at 9:53 AM

By 2050, there is expected to be a 20-38 percent increase in US electricity consumption, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. A large contributing factor to that increased demand? Electric vehicle adoption.
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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Innovation, Research, Electrification, Marketing Strategy and Best Practices

0-60: Accelerating EV Adoption

Posted by Shaina Kaye on July 11, 2019 at 2:40 PM
Here's a prediction you may be interested in hearing: By 2050, there is expected to be a 20-38 percent increase in US electricity consumption, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Innovation, Research, Creative, Electrification, Marketing Strategy and Best Practices

Let's Not Blame the New York Times for Being Honest About EV Challenges

Posted by Tucker Wright on July 3, 2019 at 10:34 AM

A few weeks ago the New York Times published an article titled L.A. to Vegas and Back by Electric Car: 8 Hours Driving; 5 More Plugged In. In it, the author details his experiences taking this well-known road trip in an EV while interviewing fellow EV users along the way.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Innovation, Clean Energy, Sustainability Marketing, Electrification

Communicating to Customers About Home Batteries: A Lightning Round Blueprint

Posted by Dave Treston on April 11, 2019 at 10:20 AM

You may have heard us mention this once or twice: we know the energy customer. It’s true. We say it with confidence and we say it often because here at KSV, we make it our mission to know how to communicate to the energy customer—through the solutions we provide to our clients and through carefully planned, comprehensive research that spans issues important to brands and customers alike. 

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Research, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Energy Storage, Electrification

Is Demand Management the New Energy Efficiency?

Posted by Harrison Grubbs on April 4, 2019 at 10:37 AM

In the past two months, we have attended the AESP, Distributech, AEEEast and NESEA conferences and kept up with all of our GreenTech Media and Utility Dive readings and podcasts. Having been devotees of these industry staples for years, we have noticed a trend that causes us to ask, “Where did energy efficiency go?”

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy, Social Media Strategy and Best Practices, Energy Storage, Sustainability Marketing, Electrification

Commitments, Promises & Innovations: Our Spring Energy Round Up

Posted by Shaina Kaye on March 28, 2019 at 10:45 AM

Here in the northeast, spring has started stretching out before us, and for the first time in what feels like forever, the days are filled with more and more sunshine.

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Topics: Innovation, B Corporation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Social Media Strategy and Best Practices, Inspiration, Sustainability Marketing, In the News, Electrification, Climate and Social Justice

Closing Out 2018 and Planning for 2019, with Optimism

Posted by Mary Stewart on December 20, 2018 at 12:00 PM

This is the time of year we get to reflect on the accomplishments and challenges of the prior 12 months and use these lessons in our planning to make the next year even better. At KSV, our goal every day and every year for the entire team is to focus on getting better, getting smarter, providing more to our clients, and, through our efforts, helping to make the world a better place for everyone.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Research, Clean Energy, Social Media Strategy and Best Practices, Inspiration, Media Strategy and Best Practices, Electrification, Smart Technology

Rihanna Promoting Pickup Trucks, and Two More EV News Stories Everyone Should Know This Week

Posted by Tucker Wright on December 6, 2018 at 11:45 AM

We’ve got our noses buried in electric vehicle consumer insights research lately. Since EVs are taking up a considerable amount of our brain capacity these days, we thought we’d share a few of the EV news stories we have been paying close attention to in the last week or so.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Innovation, Clean Energy, Electrification

Thanksgiving Eve Roundup

Posted by Shaina Kaye on November 21, 2018 at 12:12 PM

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!

The team at KSV certainly has a lot to be thankful for – inspiring clients, innovative colleagues and a community dedicated to sustainable energy, just to name a few things on our list.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Inspiration, Creative, In the News, Electrification

Forecasting the Future of EVs, Starting with Consumers

Posted by Tucker Wright on November 1, 2018 at 10:45 AM

To reach the carbon reduction goals outlined in the Paris Agreement, and in targets set by dozens of city and state governments, electrifying the transportation sector is key. But despite huge advancements in technology, electric vehicles (EVs) continue to make up only a small fraction of the U.S. automobile market. In fact, EVs were less than 1 percent of the total vehicle market share in the United States until 2017, when they finally hit the 1 percent milestone.

Growth is now accelerating, largely thanks to the success of Tesla’s Model 3. July was the first month on record that EV sales reached 2 percent of market share, doubling the 2017 annual result. But how can the EV market reach scale?

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Research, Clean Energy, Electrification, Marketing Strategy and Best Practices, Audience Segmentation