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Beyond the hype: Powering electric mobility in Rotterdam

Beyond the hype: Powering electric mobility in Rotterdam. Lode Messemaker MSc, City of Rotterdam, 10 February 2011. Past experiences. Past experiences. Positive All experiences show usability of EV for specific niches Positive user feedback New technologies are accepted

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Beyond the hype: Powering electric mobility in Rotterdam

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  1. Beyond the hype:Powering electric mobility in Rotterdam Lode Messemaker MSc, City of Rotterdam, 10 February 2011

  2. Past experiences

  3. Past experiences • Positive • All experiences show usability of EV for specific niches • Positive user feedback • New technologies are accepted • Better energy efficiency compared to ICE • Neutral • EV’s demand special care of users • Negative • Availability and after sales • Problems and break-downs • High costs • Product improvements (reliability, performance) • Subsidies on vehicles were unsuccessful

  4. Vision Clean Fuels Clean Use Clean Vehicles

  5. Vision • Maintain multi-track approach including all alternatives • Focus on EV where possible • Stimulate innovations and economic spin-off • Facilitate market development • Prefer OEM over retrofit • Run pilots in protected environments • Choose a broad spectrum, from small scooters to heavy trucks • Without pushing the market in one direction • Without changing policy too often • Remain flexible and acknowledge future uncertainties

  6. Implementation • Umbrella program: ‘Stroomstoot’ (Power Surge) • Clean Vehicle Fleet • Dutch Consortium for the Tender of Electric Cars (DC-TEC) • EV Pilot Program (75-EV-RO) • City Center Service (‘Binnenstadservice’) • Greenwheels car sharing in the ‘big 4’ (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht) • Active role in panels, pilot programs • Close cooperation with institutions, manufacturers, energy suppliers, utility companies, shipping agents • No subsidies on vehicles, some on infrastructure • ‘Just do it!’ approach

  7. Implementation: Clean Vehicle Fleet Electric sweeper Hybrid Volvo garbage truck Electric ‘Binkie’ garbage truck

  8. Implementation: Charging Infrastructure • Subsidies for private spaces • Offer for private parking garages • Stimulate other parking garages • Directing in public space Fast charging where necessary

  9. Implementation: Public Transport • Green electricity for metro and tram • Electric shuttles • 4 (hybrid) electric busses 9

  10. Difficulties • Solid policy vs. dynamic politics (national and local level) • Personal opinions and resistance • Acceptance of fleet managers • Slow market development (programs delayed for several years) • Standardization (plugs, AC/DC, slow and fast charging protocols) • Mainstreaming sustainable alternatives • Uncertainties regarding need for public infrastructure and road safety issues in transition phase

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