6.2.2 Public Sector EV Infrastructure

6.2.2 Public Sector EV Infrastructure Delivery Group

The Public Sector EV Infrastructure Delivery Group will bring together public bodies active in the delivery of EV infrastructure.

ZEVI has convened a new Public-Private Infrastructure Stakeholder Group, drawing together representatives from the EV ecosystem, public sector, industry, and academia. Its focus will be on identifying optimal policy levers, funding sources, and innovations to support EV infrastructure delivery. It will be transparent, responsive to market shifts and technological developments, and will facilitate best practice and knowledge sharing.

ZEVI will collaborate closely with other Government departments, public sector bodies, and local and regional authorities to develop integrated policy and implementation approaches to EV infrastructure delivery86.

To this end, ZEVI has convened an interdepartmental and inter-agency Public Sector Infrastructure Delivery Group, drawing together

In countries with high levels of EV uptake and EV charging infrastructure provision, such as

86 https://www.caro.ie/

the Netherlands or Germany, the creation of a supportive environment for innovation has been identified as one of the factors that contribute to increased EV adoption87. Innovation can involve synergies and linkages between stakeholders, as well as between energy, transport, and digital technology systems. Business-model innovation has also been identified as a potential contributor to increased infrastructure provision, allowing the development of new types of commercial relationships between stakeholders, local authorities, and service providers. It also allows the integration of different types of sustainable mobility88.

Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation. The AFIR will require operators of charge points to provide static and dynamic data to a National Data Point which in turn will share it with the industry.

This group will also consider how best to ensure a wider public awareness of EV technologies and charge-point networks. The group will support the work of ZEVI in this area.

Collaboration between businesses, research institutions, and public bodies has also emerged as a source of innovation and of new technological and digital solutions to EV charging challenges and opportunities. Data and evidence gaps will be addressed by leveraging national research and enterprise-funding opportunities, and by working with the university sector to carry out EV-charging research and pilot projects.

The stakeholder group will consider and make recommendations on how best to support and accelerate the rollout of charging infrastructure according to user needs (including safety and security).

The group will also consider how best to implement the data-sharing provisions of the

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87 For example the Dutch ‘Formula E-Team’ or ‘Living Lab Smart Charging’ initiatives, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (2019) Mission Zero: powered by Holland, pp. 13-14; see also German targeted EV R&D funding, https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/EN/Artikel/Industry/electric-mobility-r-d-funding.html.

88 S. Hall et al. (n.d.) The innovation interface: business model innovation for electric vehicle futures, report funded by Future Cities Catapult, EPSRC and University of Leeds, UK.