1. The Road to Zero Emission Transport
Alex Hanson
Vehicle Incentives, Office for Low Emission Vehicles
Friday 12 April 2019
GreenFleets, Edinburgh

2. Road to Zero – drivers for change
Drivers for change: Environment
Improving air quality
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Cleaner, quieter cities
Drivers for change: Opportunity
Delivering our Industrial Strategy, increasing jobs and investment
Lowering costs for consumers and businesses
Improving energy security

3. “To put the UK at the forefront of the design and manufacturing of zero emission vehicles...
Our mission
…and for all new cars and vans to be effectively zero emission by 2040 ”
UK Prime Minister Theresa May
May 2018

4. “We will end the sale of new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040”
target
“The majority (50%+) of new cars and vans to be 100% zero emission”
“All new cars and vans to have significant zero emission capability”

5. We have set a timeline to 2030
Estimate mid-2020s?
Price parity with conventional vehicles
By 2030
For cars, 50-70% new sales ultra low emission
For vans, up to 40%
By 2025 progress review
“Consumer incentives in some form will remain important beyond 2020”
% market share of Ultra Low
Emission Vehicles
2020 – new car & van CO2 regs boost supply

6. UK Government’s July 2018 strategy
£1.5bn funding over
Upcoming Spending review

7. Progress on vehicles and infrastructure
2.6% market share – cars in 2018
~0.5% market share vans
Over 1,200 ULEV taxis on UK streets
Over 15,500 public chargepoints, of which 1500 rapids
Nearly 60,000 domestic chargepoints through EVHS
Supported 28 councils to install on-street charging

8. 1. Supporting one of the best infrastructure networks in the world
Consultation: smart requirement for all chargepoints
Consultation: new homes to have a chargepoint
Motorway Service Areas
Charging infrastructure investment fund (CIIF)
Go Ultra Low Cities, and Taxi iInfrastructure
EV Energy Taskforce

9. Chargepoint Infrastructure Investment Fund
£200m GOVERNMENT
£200m PRIVATE INVESTORS
To accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure by providing access to finance to companies that deliver chargepoints

10. 2. Increasing uptake of ULEVs
Plug-in Car Grant
Van licence derogation
Plug-in Van Grant
Green number plates
Ultra low emission trucks

11. 3. Innovation and Industrial Capability
IDP15 – power electronics and motors – winners soon
£30m Vehicle to Grid R&D – projects ongoing
Financing for SMEs - evidence
£40m wireless and on-street R&D – feasibility studies
£20m APC12 -competition launched
Hydrogen for Transport - £14m winners announced

12. 4. Local and international leadership
43 countries sign up to Katowice partnership on e-mobility (COP 24)
£48m awarded for ultra low emission buses
~£7m for 17 round 2 taxi infra local authorities
Local RtZ roadshows in 2019

13. Vehicle Incentives, Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV)
Thank you
Alex Hanson
Vehicle Incentives, Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV)