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EVs - enabling the switch
Graeme Cooper
Project Director – Electric Vehicles
2National Grid
Who are we?
3National Grid
Decarbonising transport
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Two Degrees - FES 2018
Community Renewables - FES 2018
Source: Future Energy Scenarios 2018, National Grid
… but what charging
infrastructure needs to be in
place to support rapid uptake
from the early 2020s?
“Our mission is to put the UK at the forefront of the design and
manufacturing of zero emission vehicles, and for all new cars and vans to be
effectively zero emission by 2040.” Road To Zero, July 2018
4National Grid
How will we charge?
LOCALHOME DESTINATION FLEET MOTORWAY
… EVs create new “fuelling” opportunities but we will still need
to charge on the motorway
“Among those who do not own an EV …79% are concerned with a lack of rapid
charging points on motorways for long distance journeys”, AA June 2018
5National Grid
The UK needs a strategic rapid charging backbone
to de-risk EV uptake
54 Motorway site connections
To de-risk EV uptake… 3 steps to delivering a
ubiquitous ultra rapid charging
network
Planning and pilot
Test delivery models
Clarify delivery approach
Remove range anxiety
54 strategically located sites to provide coverage for 100% of the population in England and Wales
Future proofed connections
Strategic Rollout
Full network (eg 165 sites)
Fully integrated network of charging infrastructure supports the SRN
Full network
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99% of drivers in
England and
Wales to be within
50 miles of an ultra
rapid charging
hub, regardless of
their direction of
travel.
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