1. A Sustainable Transport Future in Donegal
Declan Meally
Head of Department
Emerging Sectors
25th November 2016

3. Overview The current transport landscape Why electric vehicles
Technology developments
EV market growth
Future Trends
Donegal Rural Sustainable Transport Initiative

4. Source: “EU Transport in Figures 2012 Statistical Pocket Book”, European Union, 2012

6. Strategies to Address each Sector
Aviation
European flights now in EU ETS
Shipping
3% of world GHG
No agreement on market measures
Road Transport
Vehicle CO2 Labeling A,B,C,D..etc
Vehicle Taxation based on CO2
Manufacturing Regulations on CO2
European Union Strategy
Make better use of Existing Infrastructure

7. Fuel Cycle Efficiency Illustration
Petrol Station
Diesel Vehicle
= 25%
Electric Vehicle
45% x % x % = 30%
H2 Fuel Cell with electrolysis
Hydrogen Station H2
45% x % x % x % = 10%

8. Electrification of Passenger Car Transport - Benefits for Ireland
Result for Mean Scenario wrt 2011
55% more cars
75% reduction in CO2
45% reduction in fossil imports!
45% increase in RE in Transport (excludes biofuels)

10. Road Transport Regulations & Issues
CO2 Regulations
Vehicle Testing in Real World!
Vehicle Labelling => CO2 Tax => Race for Diesel => Dirty Air => New Tax?
New cars <= 95g/km in 2020
Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive
Infrastructure & Standards for EV, CNG, LPG, Hydrogen
Ireland must provide by 2020/2025
Minimum Infrastructure Coverage
Common Standards
Consumer Information

11. EV Charging Infrastructure
Ireland (end of 2015)
Hotel Chargers (3kW) = 107
AC Charge Points (7-22kW) = 714
Fast Chargers (up to 50kW) = 129
Ownership
CER allowed ESB to collect 25mEuro
Report due from ESB
Way Forward
Public vs Private ownership?
How much is needed? What Price?
CER Consultation CLOSING TODAY

14. Aran Islands Trial – Evidence for EVs benefits for Energy Imports
EV Trial on Aran Islands
8 Vehicles for 3 Years
Results of Trial
18.5% of Vehicle Energy supplied by Wind Energy in 2011 (compares with 6% Biofuels Obligation for 2013)
Average Fuel Cost savings of 78%
Energy Import Reduction of : 1 (kWh diesel : kWh electric)

15. Future Trends

16. Changing Consumer Attitudes and the Influence of Technology
Young People
Loosing interest in cars and more interested in social networks, IT, apps, new ideas
Large Cities make Car Ownership expensive and inconvenient
Car clubs reduce street congestion
IT allows sharing of cars and spaces
Innovative personal transport technologies could reduce costs and congestion
Movement towards Procuring Transpt Service rather than Transpt Asset is perceived and is enabled by IT
Renault Battery Rental, Hertz

17. Autonomous Vehicles Autonomous Freight ‘Platoon’
Daimler trial Stuttgart to Rotterdam
Trucks connected via wifi
80m vs 150m of road space
10% fuel saving
Autonomous Cars
Consumers want to use Smart Phones, be more productive
Different driver behaviour
In part available in luxury cars now
Nissan ready by 2020

18. Advantages
Safety
90% of crashes caused by humans ($160b damages in US per annum)
Vehicle data sharing: accidents, traffic, environment etc
Time can be spent more Productively
Better Driver Behaviour => better fuel efficiency (~15%)
Enable delivery of Goods Day or Night without Human Intervention?
Aging populations and drivers with disabilities

19. Donegal Rural Sustainable Transport Initiative

20. Renal Dialysis Partnership – SEAI, HSE, Seirbhis Iompair Tuaithe Teo,
Drivers,
EV Suppliers
Why? – It’s a “no brainer”
How? – Analysis, Training and Demonstration
When? – Now and Q1 2017

21. Operating & Maintenance
Analysis
Renal Dialysis – Daily journeys to Letterkenny General Hospital
Annual journeys of 1,360,000 km
Maximum one way journey 100 km
Based on July analysis – switching to an Electric Vehicle can deliver annual savings of over €80,000
Other Costs
ICE Fleet
EV Fleet
Operating & Maintenance
€22,738
€14,964
Energy Cost
€89,525
€13,403
Annual Total
€112,263
€28,367
Annual Saving
€83,897

22. Next Steps
Training – Driver efficiency training can provide 20% savings alone
Trial electric vehicles – in discussion with Dealers
Nissan Leaf
Hyundai Ioniq
BMW i3
Potential replication across all Rural Schemes.

23. Thank you