Foresight Session 12 - Managing the Energy Transition: Scaling Up Deployment of EV Charging Infrastructure
Friday, October 6
09:30
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13:00
Chair: Susanna ZAMMATARO,
Director General, International Road Federation (Switzerland)
Room: South Hall 2, 2nd floor
Strategies to set the world on a net-zero carbon trajectory look at electrification of transport as one of the key instruments to achieve this ambitious target. Many higher income countries have made major commitments to deploy Electric Vehicles (EVs) and the necessary charging infrastructure. How are road agencies addressing the technical, social, political, and economic issues related to such a major undertaking? For the low-and-middle income countries, the transition to electric mobility brings additional benefits in terms of air quality, last-mile connectivity, and dependency on imported fuel. EVs come at a cost premium, sometimes more than 70% compared to conventional vehicles, creating a financial hurdle for many consumers in developed and developing countries. A new World Bank report The Economics of Electric Vehicles for Passenger Transportation, found that investing in electric vehicle charging infrastructure can be up to six times more effective at encouraging EV purchases than subsidies.
The session adressed the following questions:
- What’s the business case for electric mobility and how does it articulate in different regions of the world?
- What’s the role that charging infrastructure plays and can play in accelerating the transition to electric mobility?
- What actions can governments and financial institutions take to facilitate and scale-up equitable deployment?
- Welcome and session introduction
- The business case for e-mobility around the world
- Enablers and roadblocks: lessons learned from initial deployments
- Questions and Answers
- Panel discussion - New business models for scaling-up infrastructure deployment
- Conclusion
- Organization
Welcome and session introduction
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Welcome and Introduction
The business case for e-mobility around the world
Moderator: Susanna ZAMMATARO – Director General, IRF
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Powering Electric Mobility Uptake by Scaling Up Deployment of Charging EV Infrastructure
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Electric vehicles and charging infrastructure
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The business case for e-mobility: the Asian experience
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The business case for e-mobility: the EU experience
Enablers and roadblocks: lessons learned from initial deployments
Moderator: Susanna ZAMMATARO – Director General, IRF
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Enablers and roadblocks: lessons learned from initial deployments - The case of France
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Enablers and roadblocks: lessons learned from initial deployments - The case of Morocco
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Enablers and roadblocks: lessons learned from initial deployments - The case of USA
Break
Questions and Answers
Moderator: Susanna ZAMMATARO – Director General, IRF
Panel discussion - New business models for scaling-up infrastructure deployment
Moderator: Susanna ZAMMATARO, Director General, International Road Federation (IRF)
• Oscar DE BUEN – Honorary President, PIARC
• Martin HUMPHREYS – Lead Transport Economist, The World Bank
• Steve PHILLIPS – Secretary General, Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR)
• Mike EVANS - Global Highways Leader and European Transport Leader, ARUP
• Henri CHUA – Director, IM Technologies Limited
Conclusion
• Session Chair: Susanna ZAMMATARO - Directora General, IRF
Organization
Session Organisers: AASHTO (lead), IRF (Geneva, Switzerland)