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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

Session TS06, 17/09/2018, ITS World Congress , Copenhagen

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


“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

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General city characteristics

Transport characteristics

Travel characteristics

L-V / EL-V use

Public

perceptio

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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


CITY DATA COLLECTION


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


Two examples:

Question: WOULD YOU USE AN EL-V SHARING SCHEME IF THERE WAS ONE IN YOUR CITY?


Statement (agree or not): “I WOULD FEEL

SAFE DRIVING ONE OF THESE VEHICLES”


Question: WOULD YOU CONSIDER USING A LIGHT

ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS A PART OF MULTI-MODAL JOURNEY, WITH FOR INSTANCE PUBLIC TRANSPORT?


MOST POPULAR MEASURES TO FACILITATE

EL-V USE (all cities)


FLEET OPERATOR INTERVIEWS


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


• 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


• 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


Type of userEL-V

ownership

EL-V sharing

(free)

Commuters

Leisure / Shopping

Visitors (tourists, business)

Deliveries

DEVELOPMENT OF USAGE SCHEMES


• 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


• 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)

THANK YOUAndrew Winder

ERTICO – ITS Europe

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