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PERCEPTIONS OF USING ELECTRIC LIGHT VEHICLES IN CITIESSurvey results from six cities in the ELVITEN projectAndrew Winder
ERTICO – ITS Europe
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Electric Light
Vehicles in urban
areas: Why?
The ELVITEN project: a
demonstration in 6 cities
City profiles and public perceptions
Development of EL-V usage
schemes
Next steps
CONTENTS
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WHY EL-Vs IN CITIES?
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L-category vehicles are popular for personal and light goods transport in
many cities, but they typically have Internal Combustion Engines (pollution
and noise).
Electric L-category Vehicles (EL-Vs) have potential to replace cars and ICE L-
Vs and to complement public transport.
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES?The shift to electro-mobility has so far focused on cars, public transport and
city logistics.
• EL-V adoption so far has been slow:
• low awareness
• lack of charging facilities
• lack of sharing schemes, etc.
THE ELVITEN PROJECT
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“Electrified L-category Vehicles Integrated into Transport and Electricity
Networks”
• 3-year EU project (2017-2020)
• Seeks to realise the potential of EL-Vs by:
• Establishing usage schemes in six pilot cities (for personal transport
and light deliveries)
• Evaluating their impacts on travel and charging patterns, on the
overall effects on transport networks and city liveability.
• Aim is to integrate EL-Vs with existing transport networks.
ELVITEN PROJECT CITIES
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Berlin
Bari
Rome (Municipo IX)
Genoa
Trikala
Malaga
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City data
collectio
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General city characteristics
Transport characteristics
Travel characteristics
L-V / EL-V use
Public
perceptio
n survey
Fleet
operator
interviews
Online survey in 5 languages
7390 valid responses, of which 6988 were from one of the 6 demo cities
60 interviews with fleet managers and drivers (6 to 14 per city)
31 companies: deliveries (post, parcels, food, flowers..), car and bike sharing
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CITY DATA COLLECTION
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Congestion level - percentage extra time
for peak hour journey to city centre compared to free-flow traffic
Two examples:
Number of public charging stations for electric vehicles
OWNERSHIP AND USE OF BICYCLES AND LVs
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Two examples:
Question: WOULD YOU USE AN EL-V SHARING SCHEME IF THERE WAS ONE IN YOUR CITY?
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Statement (agree or not): “I WOULD FEEL
SAFE DRIVING ONE OF THESE VEHICLES”
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Question: WOULD YOU CONSIDER USING A LIGHT
ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS A PART OF MULTI-MODAL JOURNEY, WITH FOR INSTANCE PUBLIC TRANSPORT?
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MOST POPULAR MEASURES TO FACILITATE
EL-V USE (all cities)
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FLEET OPERATOR INTERVIEWS
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49 respondents by fleet managers:
• 20 currently use L-Vs (3 of them using EL-Vs)
• 7 currently use EVs (cars or vans)
• 22 do not use any
Example question: WOULD YOU CONSIDER CHANGING TO
ELECTRIC L-CATEGORY VEHICLES (at least for part of your fleet)?• 15 either already planning to use EL-Vs or looking at this option
• 25 would consider EL-Vs
• 3 would consider EVs but not EL-Vs
• 6 would not consider any electric vehicles
CONCLUSIONS - 1
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• Bari, Rome, Genoa, Malaga, and Trikala had a large observed interest in
EL-V sharing schemes.
• Berlin and Trikala had the potential to increase their sharing scheme
usage by attracting users that were still unsure.
• A higher percentage of respondents in Berlin would either prefer to buy
their own or would not consider using them at all.
• Men were observed to be more inclined to use EL-Vs for trips related to
work or education purposes than women.
• Topography had some effect e.g. Genoa is very hilly and less suitable for
cycling; Bari and Malaga are much flatter.
• Berlin and Rome have the most comprehensive public transport: may be
a reason for the lower than average enthusiasm for EL-Vs.
CONCLUSIONS - 2
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• Berlin and Rome have the most comprehensive public transport: may be
a reason for the lower than average enthusiasm for EL-Vs.
• Sufficient electric charging infrastructure was a major factor where
improvements are needed in order to boost EV/EL-V use.
• Instead of owning EL-V vehicles, the majority of the respondents would
prefer to use shared or rented vehicles, and were likely to consider using
EL-Vs as part of a multimodal journey.
• A higher percentage of women and elderly declared “Don’t know”
across almost all the attributes.
DEVELOPMENT OF USAGE SCHEMES
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Type of userEL-V
ownership
EL-V sharing
(free)
Commuters
Leisure / Shopping
Visitors (tourists, business)
Deliveries
DEVELOPMENT OF USAGE SCHEMES
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• Public short-term sharing
scheme
• Private (individual)
ownership scheme
• Delivery sharing scheme
• Delivery ownership scheme
• Corporate sharing scheme
• Corporate ownership
scheme
• Genoa:
• All categories of existing private and shared EL-Vs
• 10 category L5eA EL-Vs offered as shared vehicles
• Rome: 78 category L1eA EL-Vs offered as shared vehicles
• Bari: 75 category L1eA EL-Vs offered as shared vehicles
• Berlin: All categories of existing private and shared EL-Vs
• Trikala: 5 category L5eA and 5 category L6eB EL-Vsoffered as shared vehicles
• Málaga: 40 category L1eA EL-Vs offered as shared vehicles
The detail…
NEXT STEPS
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• Implementation of usage schemes end 2018 / early 2019
• Will run for at least 1 year
• Big data bank of 84,000 trips
• 26,000 user experience reports covering 21 study questions
(performance indicators)