Abstract
North East England (NE) is at the forefront of low carbon vehicle development with Nissan manufacturing both the Nissan LEAF and lithium-ion batteries at its Sunderland plant from 2013. Since 2010, the region has installed a comprehensive recharging infrastructure, run major electric vehicle (EV) trials and awareness raising campaigns, and has consequently seen a fast increase in EV adoption. The NE has now become a major hub for vehicle, battery and energy research and development, as well as a UK centre for manufacturing and training facilities throughout the EV supply chain. This paper reflects on the experience gained over the last 4 years of EV and infrastructure roll-out and the lessons learned which may be of use to other regions considering large-scale adoption of low carbon vehicles and recharging infrastructure.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
AEA Energy & Environment. (2008). North East Assembly. Cheshire: Climate North East England greenhouse gas emissions baselines and trajectories study.
Background to the green bus fund. Retrieved May 25, 2014, from https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/background-to-the-green-bus-fund.
Co-wheels car club. Retrieved May 24, 2014, from http://www.co-wheels.org.uk.
Energy Savings Trust. (2013). Plugged in fleets initiative. Retrieved from http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Organisations/Transport/Products-and-services/Fleet-advice/Plugged-in-Fleets-Initiative-100.
E4Tech. (2013) Low carbon vehicles in the North East of England. Final report for the North East Local Enterprise Partnership, September 2013. London/Newcastle upon Tyne.
European Commission. (2012). Implementation of the 2012 industrial policy communication—state of play of the task forces. Brussels.
European Commission. (2013a, Jan 24). Proposal for a directive of the European parliament and of the council on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure. Brussels.
European Commission. (2013b, Feb 28). Guidelines on financial incentives for clean and energy efficient vehicles. Brussels.
European Commission. (2013). Clean power for transport. Retrieved from http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/urban/cpt/index_en.htm.
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2013). Low carbon nation? London: Abingdon.
Hübner, Y., Blythe, P., Hill, G., Neaimeh, M., Austin, J., Gray, L., Herron, C., & Wardle, J. (2013). 49,999 electric car journeys and counting. Electric Vehicle Congress 27 (EVS27), Barcelona, Nov 2013.
Hutchins, R., Delmonte, E., Stannard, J., Evans, L. & Bussell, S. (2013). Assessing the role of the plug-in car grant and plugged-in places scheme in electric vehicle take-up. In Department for Transport (DfT) (Ed), Queen’s Printer and Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office.
Institution of Engineering and Technology. (2012). IET code of practice for electric vehicle charging equipment installation. London: Developed by the ISL Committee 1.1 EV Charging Equipment Installation.
Jiang, J., Putrus, G., Gao, Z., Conti, C., McDonald, S., & Lacey, G. (2013). Development of a decentralized smart charge controller for electric vehicles. Electrical Power and Energy Systems 61(2014), 355–370.
Kotter, R., & Shaw, S. (2013). Micro to Macro Investigation. Project Report for NSR E-mobility Network. Retrieved April 2013, from http://e-mobility-nsr.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/info-pool/E-mobility_3.6._Main_Report_April_2013.pdf.
Lacey, G., Putrus, G., & Salim, A. (2013a). The Use of Second Life Batteries for Grid Support. In Proceedings of EuroCon 2013, 1–4 July 2013, Zagreb, Croatia. Retrieved from http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=06625141.
Lacey, G., Putrus G., Jiang, T., & Kotter, R. (2013b). The Effect of Cycling on the State of Health of the Electric Vehicle Battery, In Proceedings of 2013 Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC). Dublin Institute of Technology: Dublin. Retrieved from http://e-mobility-nsr.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/info-pool/Northumbria2013_CyclingEffectsOnEVbattery.pdf.
Lacey, G., Putrus G., Bentley, E., Johnston, D., Walker, S., & Jiang, T. (2013c). A modelling tool to investigate the effect of electric vehicle charging on low voltage networks. In Proceedings of Electric Vehicle Congress 27 (EVS27), Nov 2013. Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved from http://e-mobility-nsr.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/info-pool/Barcelona_EVS27_GL_Conference_Proceedings_EVS27.pdf.
Low Carbon Networks Fund. Retrieved May 20, 2014, from https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/electricity/distribution-networks/network-innovation/low-carbon-networks-fund.
Lumsden, M. (2012). Successfully implementing a plug-in electric vehicle infrastructure; a technical roadmap for local authorities and their strategic partners. Institution of Engineering and Technology: London.
Namdeo, A., Tiwary, A., & Dziurla, R. (2013) Spatial planning of public charging points using multi-dimensional analysis of early adopters of electric vehicles for a city region. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, in press. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162513002175.
Narec (The National renewable energy centre). Retrieved May 25, 2014, from http://www.narec.co.uk/.
Nissan Motor Company, The 2nd V2X Forum, Copenhagen, May 2014.
North East Local Enterprise partnership (NELEP). Retrieved May 25, 2014, from http://www.nelep.co.uk/.
Office for Low Emission Vehicles. (2010). Plugged in places. Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plugged-in-places.
Office for Low Emission Vehicles. (2011a). Low carbon vehicle public procurement. Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-low-carbon-vehicle-public-procurement-programme-support-for-low-carbon-vans.
Office for Low Emission Vehicles. (2011b). Plug-in car grant. Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plug-in-car-grant.
Office for Low Emission Vehicles. (2012). Plug-in van grant. Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plug-in-van-grant.
Office for Low Emission Vehicles. (2013a). Driving the future today—a strategy for ultra low emission vehicles in the UK. In Olev ed. London.
Office for Low Emission Vehicles. (2013b). Lessons learnt from the plugged-in places project. In Olev ed. DfT.
Office for Low Emission Vehicles. (Sept 2013). High level analysis of the plugged-in places chargepoint usage data. In Olev ed. London.
Office for Low Emission Vehicles. (June 2011). Making the connection, the plug-in vehicle infrastructure strategy. In Olev ed. London.
Office for National Statistics (various dates). Retrieved from http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/index.html.
Other Lines of Enquiry. (Sept 2012). Charge your car advertising awareness & effectiveness study. Location?
Phoenix taxis. Retrieved May 25, 2014, from http://www.phoenixtaxis.net/.
Robinson, A. P., Blythe, P. T., Bell, M. C., Hübner, Y., & Hill, G. A. (2013). Analysis of electric vehicle driver recharging demand profiles and subsequent impacts on the carbon content of electric vehicle trips. Energy Policy, 61(2013), 337–348.
The Covenant of Mayors. Retrieved May 25, 2014, from http://www.covenantofmayors.eu/about/covenant-of-mayors_en.html.
The rapid charge network project. Retrieved May 20, 2014, from http://rapidchargenetwork.com/.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Herron, C., Wardle, J. (2015). Technology Trajectory and Lessons Learned from the Commercial Introduction of Electric Vehicles in North East England. In: Leal Filho, W., Kotter, R. (eds) E-Mobility in Europe. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13194-8_9
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13194-8_9
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-13193-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-13194-8
eBook Packages: EnergyEnergy (R0)