1. Low Emission Vehicles
9 June 2015
REPUTE Conference
Glasgow
Zak Tuck
Low Carbon Vehicle Policy Team Leader
Transport Scotland

2. Why do we need
to act?
What do we need
to do?
How can we do it?
Why do we need
to act?

3. Energy Supply, 33%
Transport
(excluding IA&S)
20%
International Aviation
and Shipping (IA&S),
Business &
Industrial Process
, 18%
Residential, 13%
Public, 1%
Waste Management, 4%
Development, 3%
Agriculture &
Related Land Use,
20%
Climate Change
Scottish greenhouse
gas emissions by
source: 2011
Source: Ricardo-AEA/Aether

4. Air Quality
Air Quality Management Areas

5. Economic Opportunity

6. Renewable Energy
Smart and
controlled EV
recharging
16:00 20:00 Midnight 04:00 08:00 12:00
22000
32000
42000
52000
62000
Peak load Peak load
Total UK electricity demand (MW) in a 24-hour
period to noon on a weekday in December ‘07

7. Why do we need
to act?
What do we need
to do?
How can we do it?
What do we need
to do?

8. SCOTLAND’S ROADMAP
By 2050 Scottish towns, cities and
communities will be free from the damaging
effects of petrol and diesel vehicles
By 2040 almost all new vehicles sold will be
near-zero emission
By 2030 half of all fossil-fuelled vehicles will be
phased out across Scotland
ROADMAP VISION
http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/report/j272736-00.htm

9. Electric cars for Scottish government
‘mad-cap’ and ‘dictatorial’
Now SNP plans to outlaw our cars
Scottish Government pledge to end
car emissions by 2050
Scotland sets wheels in motion for
electric vehicle revolution
Scotland Gasoline and Diesel
Vehicles forbid!
Scottish govt. set to trade petrol,
diesel cars for electric
Scotland will be zero emission:
perfect plan to end petrol & diesel

10. Outlook for New Car Sales
in Scotland

11. ENERGY
SYSTEMS
POLICY
FRAMEWORKS
RECHARGING
SUSTAINABLE
TRANSPORT
MARKET
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION
& EDUCATION
ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY

12. ENERGY
SYSTEMS
POLICY
FRAMEWORKS
RECHARGING
SUSTAINABLE
TRANSPORT
MARKET
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION
& EDUCATION
ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY
MARKET
DEVELOPMENT
Plug-in vehicles become more
desirable than fossil-fuelled
alternatives

13. ENERGY
SYSTEMS
POLICY
FRAMEWORKS
RECHARGING
SUSTAINABLE
TRANSPORT
MARKET
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION
& EDUCATION
ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY
ENERGY
SYSTEMS
Scotland’s electricity grid supports
market growth of plug-in vehicles
and is made smarter by controlled
charging and distributed energy
storage

14. Why do we need
to act?
What do we need
to do?
How can we do it?How can we do it?

15. GOVERNMENT ACTIONS?
POLICY
FRAMEWORKS
RECHARGING
SUSTAINABLE
TRANSPORT
MARKET
DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY
SYSTEMS
COMM. &
EDUCATION
ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY
STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS
INCENTIVES
CROSS-CUTTING
OBJECTIVES FOR
GOVERNMENT
FACTORS INFLUENCING
ADOPTION
PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERSHIP
MOBILISING KEY
STAKEHOLDERS
OUTREACH &
EDUCTAION

16. Public Sector Leadership

17. SG Vehicles / Charge Points
• 13 new EVs into the (small) SG Fleet since Jan 2013
• Nissan Leaf, Nissan EnV200, Toyota Prius +
Mitsubishi Outlanders into Ministerial fleet
• Charge points now available in all main SG offices

18. Vehicle Sales
• 1,500 ultra-low emission vehicles registered
in Scotland (Sept 2014)

19. Public Sector Leadership

20. Switched On Fleets
• 32 Community Planning Partnerships
• 26 partners this year – LAs, Universities, NHS
• £2.5 million in funding

21. Strategic Investments

22. ChargePlace Scotland
Publicly Available – > 600 points
Commercial – > 250 points
Domestic – > 150 points

23. Strategic Investments

25. Strategic Investments

26. Scottish Green Bus Fund
• £3.7 million in 2014/15 / 83 low emission
• £14 million in total / 209 buses

27. Incentives

28. Local EV Incentives

29. Mobilising Key Stakeholders

30. • 250 attendees from 135 organisations
• EV Strategic Board

31. Hydrogen
• Developing Strategic Position on Hydrogen
• Supporting early HRS Development and H2
Vehicle Deployment

32. Thanks
Zak Tuck
Low Carbon Policy Team Leader, Transport Scotland
zak.tuck@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk
0131 244 4503