Electric vehicles (EVs) are a hot issue in Europe among transport policy makers, manufacturers and users. In Norway generous incentives have created the largest market for electric cars in the world, with a market share of 12,5 percent of new vehicle sales in 2014 - and rapidly increasing i 2015. This electromobility conference will present the status for electric vehicles in Norway and Europe, policy and incentives - and discuss the road ahead.
We present results from the EU research project COMPETT (Competitive Electric Town Transport). Some important research questions: How can EVS come into use to a greater degree? What are the most likely niches for EVs? What kind of EVs can most easily become alternatives to internal combustion engine vehicles?
Thursday 11 June
09:00-10:00: Registration
Chair: Lasse Fridstrøm
10:00-11:15: EV Policy for the future
- Welcome! Gunnar Lindberg, Managing Director, Institute of Transport Economics (TØI)
- Oslo - the EV capital of the world. Stian Berger Røsland, Governing Mayor of Oslo
- Norwegian electromobility policy for 2020. Per-André Torper, Deputy Director General, Transport and Communications
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| Gunnar Lindberg | Stian Berger Røsland |
Per-André Torper |
11:30-13:00 EV Policy for the future continues
- Making and Selling EVs in the European market. Olivier Paturet, General Manager, Nissan Zero Emission Business Unit
- Electromobility policy in EU. Dorothée Coucharrière, Policy officer European Commission, DG Mobility and Transport
- Questions and short debate
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| Olivier Paturet | Dorothée Coucharrière |
14:00-15:30: Status for electric vehicles. Results from the EU research project COMPETT
- EV policies, incentives and market shares. Erik Figenbaum, Coordinator Compett, TØI
- Diffusion of EVs in Europe:
- the Norwegian story - Erik Figenbaum, TØI
- the Austrian story - Reinhard Jellinek, Austria Energy Agency
- the Dutch story - Dr.Ir. G. Maarten Bonnema, University of Twente
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| Erik Figenbaum | Reinhard Jellinek |
15:45-17:00 Market and trends
- Everyday mobility and potential use of Electric Vehicles. Randi Hjorthol, TØI
- Who are the EV owners and how do they travel? Marika Kolbenstvedt, TØI
- Modelling incentives and policies: cost effectiveness, public and private finances and environmental benefits. Nils Fearnley, TØI
- Handover of Handbook for Planners to Electromobiliy
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| Randi Hjorthol | Marika Kolbenstvedt | Nils Fearnley |
17:15-18:00: Refreshments
Nissan, KIA and Mitsubishi present their products.
18:00 and onwards: Dinner, CIENS Centre Rooftop
Friday 12 June
Chair: Harald Aas
08:45-10:00 The Infrastructure challenge
- National support for the introduction of EVs. Petter Øyn, Enova SF
- How do we charge and what do we need? Christina Bu, The Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association
- How to make business of charging? Jan Haugen Ihle, Country manager Charge & Drive – Norway
- Municipality Parking Policy for Electric Vehicles, Sture Portvik, City of Oslo
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| Petter Øyn | Christina Bu | Jan Haugen Ihle | Sture Portvik |
10:15-11:15 Sustainability factors
- How quiet? Can EVs solve the noise problem? Lykke Møller Iversen, Danish Road Directorate
- Society’s cost and benefits of EVs incentives. Lasse Fridstrøm, Senior Researcher, TØI
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| Lykke Møller Iversen | Lasse Fridstrøm |
11:30-12:45 The next EVolution
- Zero emissions from public transport in Oslo 2020. Bernt Reitan Jenssen, CEO Ruter As (public transport procurement in Oslo and Akershus)
- Electric vehicles for goods distribution. Gunnar Inderberg, Head of Value Chain Development, Mail Division
- Electric bicycles - fast upwards! Aslak Fyhri, TØI
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| Bernt Reitan Jenssen | Gunnar Inderberg | Aslak Fyhri |
12:45-13:00 Wrap-up/Future research
13:00 Lunch - end of conference
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