By 2035, the largest automotive markets will go electric. We believe Europe – as a regulations-driven market with positive consumer demand trends – will electrify the fastest and is expected to remain the global leader in electrification in terms of EV market share. In addition to the European Commission target, which requires around 60% EV sales by 2030, several countries have already announced an end to ICE sales by 2030. Electrification will cause a major shift in the entire automotive value chain. In line with EV uptake, the buildup of charging infrastructure needs to accelerate to avoid becoming a potential bottleneck and limiting consumer-driven EV adoption. We estimate the industry needs to install more than 15,000 chargers per week by 2030 within the European Union. Consequently, the grid must be enabled in parallel. EVs are poised to command on average more than 5% of electricity demand in 2030 in Europe. It will be important to reduce charging during peak load periods through ‘managed charging’ by controlling charging time, duration and intensity with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology as an enabler.

In recent years, ITS has played a crucial role in achieving the EU objectives for transport safety and sustainability. ITS services are now widely used across Europe and drive transport efficiency at local and international levels. The CEF (Connecting Europe Facility) program supports trans-European infrastructure and new technologies. It has already provided over €500m of funding for ITS, triggering investments of more than €1.3bn for the deployment of ITS and C-ITS services in Europe.

Road transport is plagued by many challenges: shortage of drivers, zero-emission zones, looming CO2 regulations, etc. We see that things are moving for last-mile and short-distance merchandise transport, but what about long-distance? New technologies and infrastructure to overcome these are yet to be there. We’ll explore in detail the alternative energies, when they’ll be available on a large scale, and how to overcome current challenges for the green transition, as well as the shortage of drivers.

2017 saw auto manufacturers hyping that they would produce Level 5 cars by 2021. Yet today, despite some of the technology being proven, autonomous vehicles sit right at the bottom of Gartner’s ‘Trough of Disillusionment’. To produce more pragmatic and tangible predictions for CAVs, EVs and associated infrastructure in the next decade, what should we be considering?

In fossil fuel days the electricity industry used to think only about the power supply needed to charge electric vehicles. Now electricity operators need storage to manage flexibility and EV batteries look like a key part of the solution. What's behind the change and what are the implications across roadside charging and other infrastructure?

This presentation will provide the current state of vehicle-side and infrastructure-side charging technology, considering how the key components, their capabilities and prevalence will grow over a ten-year horizon. Related advances in battery technologies will be touched upon, with context given to the myriad recent announcements around charging performance. Potential deviations to the forecast will be considered in the evaluation of technological progress and regulatory evolution, as well as differences in approach by region. A final outlook on the expected deployment of charging infrastructure ecosystem on the main regions will be also provided.

VOLT is a smart GIS software service that comes with charging infrastructure consultancy services for road authorities and public transport providers. Making forecasts for the amount of (semi) public loading poles needed on neighborhood level, using different data sources such as EV sales forecast, demographic and social data. Based on these forecasts, design of public space and local policy like the aim to spread or concentrate (car sharing) charging and availability of capacity in energy networks, VOLT determines the best possible locations for charging poles. Furthermore, it assists road authorities with the TRO’s-process and is being used to monitor and manage concessions with charging pole operators.

The UK Government has committed to ending the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030, with hybrids being phased out by 2035. Projections suggest that a massive revolution in transport is on its way, with accelerating EV uptake forecast for the coming years. This has significant implications for the infrastructure needed. Some charging challenges have already been solved but this presentation will discuss the key barriers on the roadmap, which will need to be addressed if the sector is to expand as predicted and deliver the hoped-for air quality and climate change benefits.

FABRIC was a large-scale integrated project co-funded by the EU’s 7th Framework Programme, focusing on advanced road charging solutions for pure-electric vehicles for future transportation systems. It ran from 2014 through 2017 and was implemented by 25 partner organizations from nine European countries. The project directly addressed the technological feasibility, economic viability and socio-environmental sustainability of dynamic on-road charging of electric vehicles, paving the way for large-scale deployment of electromobility. Results and impacts will be discussed during the presentation.

Wireless charging demonstrators have been implemented in a number of sites across the world. DynaCoV is investigating the feasibility of deploying Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer technology in the UK to support the decarbonisation of heavy goods vehicles and buses in particular. This presentation covers the traffic modelling and electrical modelling work on a case study site in Coventry which may become the UK’s first demonstrator. It shows how the benefit of Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer technology depends and relates to the location, the traffic, the vehicle mix as well as the market penetration of electric vehicles.

ElectReon has been at the forefront of developing dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) technology for almost a decade and implementing it on public roads in Germany, Sweden, Israel and now Italy. DWPT offers a great pathway to decarbonizing the transport sector, allowing fleet owners to reduce their upfront costs, enabling vehicle battery reduction, minimizing grid impacts and creating a shared and accessible charging platform for all road users, while simultaneously eliminating range anxiety. Join Charlie Levine, the CMO of ElectReon, as she introduces wireless charging technology and its many applications, and provides a deeper look into several of the company’s public pilot projects in Europe and the Middle East. Charlie will focus on lessons learned, outcomes for the project stakeholders and some of the implications for the wider transport sector.

Wireless road charging in travel lanes is one part of a universal charging solution. When combined with wireless stationary charging, smart energy management will lower transportation costs, solve the charging hassle, reduce battery size and price, and provide a realistic solution for one of the most challenging electrified transportation long-haul trucking problems. But what is the status and development of this dynamic road charging technology today, and is this even feasible in five years? IPT has almost 25 years of experience and 80,000 meters of wireless dynamic energy transfer tracks for the industrial markets. In addition, five tested and proven concepts of Dynamic Wireless Road Charging with high power energy transfer at different test locations in Germany and Belgium with varying vehicles like trucks, buses, delivery vans, and passenger cars. Dr Sergio Perez takes you on a journey of wireless charging that will accelerate the energy transition. Bring the charge to the vehicle instead of bringing the vehicle to the charge.

Wireless charging for electric mobility has the power to accelerate EV adoption, reduce the TCO for fleet owners and make a difference to our planet. This presentation will address how EV wireless charging technology works, and will provide an overview of the auto makers incorporating it into EV lineups and pilot projects, and how it can be implemented into more innovative applications down the line – namely, semi-dynamic and fully dynamic charging. Semi-dynamic charging (charging while a car is in use) has the ability to make EV fleets, like taxis, more efficient with the ability to ‘power snack’ while waiting in line to pick up a passenger.