victorian electric vehicle trial mid-term report - Department of Transport

RACV considers electricvehicles to be a majorcomponent of Victoria’ssustainable transport mix.Work conducted throughthe Victorian ElectricVehicle Trial has contributedto strong engagementbetween the public,industry stakeholdersand government on issuessurrounding the successfuluptake of electric vehiclesin Victoria including pricemechanisms, energydemands and land-useplanning.Royal Automobile Club ofVictoria (RACV), a premierpartner for the Trial,24 October 20123.4 DATA COLLECTION ANDMANAGEMENTThe trial data has been collected usinga range of techniques from a largenumber of sources. Managementof the data has been centralised toensure data integrity and protectionof sensitive information. Distributionof the findings has taken place throughregular meetings with the corporateparticipants as part of the trialstakeholder engagement strategy.Collection and management of the trialdata is a key element to the overalldesign of the trial. With reference toFigure 11, the range of data sources,attributes and outputs can be seen.The role played by CSIRO in boththe design and operation of the trialdata collection and managementframework has been critical toensuring private and commerciallysensitiveinformation is protected, andin facilitating analysis of the results.Data collection from the householdparticipants is a major input for thetrial. With reference to Figure 12,the households first supply datathrough their application to participate.Once shortlisted, the applicant isprovided an offer of participationin the form of their Deed. As theagreement for their participationis finalised, they complete a shortquestionnaire to provide moreinformation about their residence toinform the charging solution planning.At each point before, during and aftertheir electric vehicle experience,they are requested to complete aone-week household travel diaryand a 10 minute survey. The travel diaryis analogous to the Victorian IntegratedSurvey of Travel and Activity 1 , exceptthat it captures a week of householdtravel at each sample interval ratherthan a day. This qualitative data issupplemented by additional qualitativedata gathered from the VictorianElectric Vehicle Trial Discussion Board(refer to Section 7.1.1).Quantitative data is gathered from thevehicle instrumentation, the network ofcharging infrastructure and from eithertheir electricity retailer or distributor.It represents the behavioural aspectsof the household EV experience, asopposed to the attitudinal aspectsrepresented by the qualitative datadescribed above.1 http://www.transport.vic.gov.au/research/statistics/victorian-integrated-survey-of-travel-and-activityCREATING A MARKET 21