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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