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Dundee City Council and Electric Vehicles
Gary McRaeCorporate Fleet ManagerJune 2013
Current Situation
39 Electric Vehicles Includes 7 vans and 32 cars. 24 x 7kw charging posts. 4 x Rapid Chargers (3 x AC/DC) Publically available points – 1st Rapid Charger
EV Implementation Group
Ensure consistency Align with Staff Travel
Plan & Sustainable Transport Team
Increased support within council
Opens up alternative funding streams
Future Plans / Ambitions
Replace all appropriate cars with EV’s.
Expand fleet of small vans for Trades.
Increase city wide infrastructure.
Increase utilisation
Building a Business Case
Vital in current climate for EV’s. Cost v environmental benefits.
Challenges
Lack of knowledge. Taking a leap of
faith. Making the
numbers work. Additional
workload. Changing mindset
Making it work
Identify suitable and realistic areas of use. Tap into enthusiasm and opportunities. Sharing evidence to wider market. Joint focus on vehicles and infrastructure.
It is the future!
