Dundee City Council and Electric Vehicles

Gary McRaeCorporate Fleet ManagerJune 2013

Current Situation

39 Electric Vehicles Includes 7 vans and 32 cars. 24 x 7kw charging posts. 4 x Rapid Chargers (3 x AC/DC) Publically available points – 1st Rapid Charger

EV Implementation Group

Ensure consistency Align with Staff Travel

Plan & Sustainable Transport Team

Increased support within council

Opens up alternative funding streams

Future Plans / Ambitions

Replace all appropriate cars with EV’s.

Expand fleet of small vans for Trades.

Increase city wide infrastructure.

Increase utilisation

Building a Business Case

Vital in current climate for EV’s. Cost v environmental benefits.

Challenges

Lack of knowledge. Taking a leap of

faith. Making the

numbers work. Additional

workload. Changing mindset

Making it work

Identify suitable and realistic areas of use. Tap into enthusiasm and opportunities. Sharing evidence to wider market. Joint focus on vehicles and infrastructure.

It is the future!