1. Welcome to Edinburgh Napier University Transport Research Institute Electric Vehicle Day 28 Oct 2015 Professor Tom Rye Director

2. What and who is TRI? 27 years old, still Scotland’s largest transport research centre 15 academic staff and 9 PhD students Key research areas: Electric vehicles Freight and intermodality (policy) Maritime policy and operations Public transport economics Road safety Modelling especially assignment and route choice Transport policy, esp international comparative angles

3. TRI key research capabilities/areas Key expertise in: Electric vehicles Freight and intermodality (policy) Maritime policy and operations Public transport economics Road safety Modelling especially assignment and route choice Transport policy, esp international comparative angles

4. Electric vehicle research 3 PhDs (2 joint funded with Edinburgh College): Ross Milligan: Traction energy required and regenerative energy gain from electric vehicles, using 40 e-cars at Edinburgh College A Doyle: Reducing the energy use for cabin comfort in e-cars through use of solar power M Jeffrey: Solar energy capture for charging a large fleet of e-cars at Edinburgh College

5. Thank you! Tom Rye t.rye@napier.ac.uk www.tri.napier.ac.uk – annual reports t.rye@napier.ac.uk www.tri.napier.ac.uk