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HOUSEHOLD ANDFLEET VEHICLEROLL-OUTThe Victorian ElectricVehicle Trial has soughta range of vehiclesfrom different suppliersfor deployment inhouseholds andcorporate fleets.The car types haveincluded OriginalEquipment Manufacturer(OEM) products andaftermarket conversions,with the formersupporting all of thehousehold and mostof the fleet trials.
Information gained fromthe cars has allowed for arelative assessment of thevehicle use.The household vehicle roll-out hasprovided around 120 households withthe opportunity to live with an electricvehicle for three months. Informationgained from the households hasprovided insights into the sort of peopleand motives for being interested inelectric vehicles, what they thoughtof them and how they used them.The fleet vehicle roll-out has providedaround 40 fleets with the opportunityto trial a range of electric vehicles forperiods of up to six months at a time.An understanding of the fleet types,motives and uses for the electricvehicles has been gained, along withthe issues and opportunities formarket development.4.1 VEHICLES4.1.1 What vehicles are takingpart in the trial?The mainstay of vehicles taking partin the trial are 100 per cent electricallypoweredvehicles – primarily theMitsubishi i-MiEV and Nissan LEAF.A small number of Toyota Prius PHEVs,both pre-production prototypes andconversions, have also taken part,along with a number of aftermarketEV conversions.Table 1 provides a summary of thevarious vehicles operating as part ofthe trial. Vehicles for which the serviceapplication has been identified as‘fleets through affiliation’ were ownedand/or controlled by entities other thanthe former Department of Transport.These vehicles took part in the trial toaccess a range of benefits includinguse of public charging infrastructureor the trial data collection andmanagement framework, or simplyin support of information exchange.The supply arrangements for theOEM vehicles (Mitsubishi i-MiEV,Nissan LEAF and Toyota Prius PHEVpre-production) allowed them tobe deployed to both householdsand fleets, whereas the remainingvehicles were operated solely by fleets.Furthermore, those vehicles takingpart in the trial courtesy of ‘fleetsthrough affiliation’ did not supplydata into the trial collectionand management framework– refer to Table 1 and Section 3.4.Vehicle Type No. vehicles PriceFirst vehiclecommissioningdateTrial serviceapplication/sMitsubishi i-MiEV OEM BEV 14 $65,200 2 (2010) December 2010$48,800 (2011-12)3 $36,888 3 (2013) December 2010Toyota Prius PHEV 4Blade Electron 5OEM preproductionPHEVAftermarketconversion PHEVAftermarketconversion BEVNissan LEAF OEM BEV 16EV EngineeringElectricCommodore 8Aftermarketconversion BEVTotal 54Fleets, householdsFleets throughaffiliation3 N/A December 2010 Fleets, households3 N/A January 20118 $48,000 (2010-11) March 2011$68,007 6 (2010)$51,500 (2012)$46,990 7 (2013)June 20117 N/A June 2012Fleets throughaffiliationFleets throughaffiliationFleets, householdsFleets throughaffiliationTable 1. Vehicles operating as part of the Victorian Electric Vehicle Trial as of December 2012, where ‘Price’ reflects the RecommendedRetail Price (RRP) unless otherwise indicated.2 Drive-away price includes $20,000 guaranteed buyback price from Mitsubishi3 Dealer drive-away price 16 January 20134 Vehicle ownership retained by Toyota (OEM pre-production) or operators (aftermarket conversion)5 Blade Electric Vehicles ceased trading in April 20126 UK-specification vehicles supplied ahead of the Australian product launch; includes $25,045 guaranteed buyback price from Nissan7 Drive-away price, representing around $8,000 saving on the 2012 RRP8 Proof-of-concept prototype vehiclesCREATING A MARKET 25
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Based upon the trial experience, th
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WORKPLACE CHARGING CASE STUDYVICTOR
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Workplace charging appears to be ak
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One scenario of particular interest
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Cost data obtained from various sit
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PUBLIC CHARGING CASE STUDYON-STREET
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Household participants were askedab
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The following quote supplied to the
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Despite these challenging figuresan
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According to theory (Lieberman andM
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The pushback by parking operatorsag
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There’s a lot to like aboutincrea
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The economic analysis hasexamined t
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Under a ‘mid-range’ scenario as
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6.1.3 What are the costs andbenefit
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6.2 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS6.2.1 How
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Based upon the limited informationa
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6.3 SOCIAL IMPACTS6.3.1 How is comm
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A key challenge for many electricve
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The effectiveness ofthese initiativ
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The supplementary data andinteracti
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EV PROMOTION CASE STUDYELECTRIC CAR
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In addition to the EV School progra
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7.1.4 How has the local electricveh
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7.2 INSIGHTS7.2.1 How do we best te
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ISSUES ANDOPPORTUNITIESA significan
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Issue Classification Sections Oppor
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Drawing upon the learnings acquired
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ACRONYMS,GLOSSARY ANDUNITS OF MEASU
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Actew AGL 2009, History of mobile p
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Smart Grid News 2012, Aussie firm u
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APPENDIX BEVS AND FLEETS 2012 PRACT
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APPENDIX CCHARGING OUTLET ATTRIBUTE
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Area Attribute DefinitionBilling /
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APPENDIX EEV CHARGING COURTESY SIGN
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