Peter van Deventer

Director, Governor’s Office Planning & Research

State of California

As Director of the Coast to Coast Smart e-Mobility (C2C) program at the Province of Noord-Holland and OPR, Peter connects international stakeholders on smart, clean and equitable transportation solutions. Helped to set up and execute some 20 multi/bilateral agreements like CA-NL (2013, 2015, 2017), CEC-PNH (2014), Under2MoU (2015), IZEVA (2015) and C2C SIF (2017, 2019). Before joining OPR in 2013, Peter worked in Europe and Africa where he was responsible for transportation and land use departments both within local and regional governments as well as within consultancy. Peter has set up the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region Electric (MRAe) in 2010/2011 connecting 40+ municipalities as well as the EU North Sea Region e-Mobility (NSR) in 2011. The MRAe is widely recognized as one of the leading regions in the world on smart charging, electric vehicle deployment and EV infrastructure; the NSR resulted in a large network of European e-Mobility experts. The ground breaking research with leading Public Policy professors from the US and the Netherlands in 2009 on “How to govern the transition to e-Mobility” was the basis for setting up C2C at the Province of
Noord-Holland in 2010. Peter hopes that the work and dedication of so many participating within the Coast to Coast network inspires the young and brave like the children of Rio Linda Middle School near Sacramento to make a better world for themselves and those around them.

Peter van Deventer

Director, Governor’s Office Planning & Research

State of California

As Director of the Coast to Coast Smart e-Mobility (C2C) program at the Province of Noord-Holland and OPR, Peter connects international stakeholders on smart, clean and equitable transportation solutions. Helped to set up and execute some 20 multi/bilateral agreements like CA-NL (2013, 2015, 2017), CEC-PNH (2014), Under2MoU (2015), IZEVA (2015) and C2C SIF (2017, 2019). Before joining OPR in 2013, Peter worked in Europe and Africa where he was responsible for transportation and land use departments both within local and regional governments as well as within consultancy. Peter has set up the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region Electric (MRAe) in 2010/2011 connecting 40+ municipalities as well as the EU North Sea Region e-Mobility (NSR) in 2011. The MRAe is widely recognized as one of the leading regions in the world on smart charging, electric vehicle deployment and EV infrastructure; the NSR resulted in a large network of European e-Mobility experts. The ground breaking research with leading Public Policy professors from the US and the Netherlands in 2009 on “How to govern the transition to e-Mobility” was the basis for setting up C2C at the Province of
Noord-Holland in 2010. Peter hopes that the work and dedication of so many participating within the Coast to Coast network inspires the young and brave like the children of Rio Linda Middle School near Sacramento to make a better world for themselves and those around them.