Christchurch Electric

Vehicle Initiatives

Presentation

• Christchurch 100% battery electric car sharing scheme

• Battery electric vehicle initiatives

• Electric vehicle charging infrastructure roll-out

• Electric vehicle charging signage

Drivers

Drivers – 2015 Christchurch Energy Action Plan

Electric Vehicle Programmes:

• Council vehicle fleet

• Council’s holding companies

• Electric vehicle charging infrastructure uptake

• Electric vehicle uptake by businesses and residents

Drivers – Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction

• Strategic Priority: Climate Change Leadership

• Signed-up to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy

• Target to be net carbon neutral by 2030 for Council’s activities

• Internal Council Resource Efficiency and GHG Emission Policy and Programme

• Christchurch Community Carbon Footprint 2016/17: 40% from road transport emissions

Christchurch Electric Vehicle Fleet

• 1921 – Council’s M.E.D – Charging batteries of 51 vehicles (40 privately owned and 11 Council owned

• City’s refuse destructor - Powered generators driven by steam engines

• M.E.D offered hire-purchase agreements to assist companies and individuals to purchase electric vehicles

Christchurch Electric Vehicle Fleet

Council Electric Vehicle Fleet

• 2013 – Three battery electric vehicles – Test and for promotion

• 2016 – Additional two electric vehicles

Christchurch 100% Battery Electric Car Sharing Service

• Council initiated, researched and developed the city-wide 100% battery electric car sharing scheme for businesses and the public

• Recruited landlords to secure designated off-street parking spaces for the scheme’s battery electric vehicles and related charging infrastructure

• Recruited foundation members to go to market for the service

Christchurch 100% Battery Electric Car Sharing Service

Council went to market to secure a service provider – Yoogo Share was procured to provide the service

Christchurch 100% Battery Electric Car Sharing Service

Officially launched on 15 February 2018 for businesses and for the public

How Does The Yoogo Share Service Work?

75 battery electric vehicles – owned and maintained by Yoogo Share

Car sharing hubs at:

• Art Gallery, West End and The Crossing car park

• Fendalton and Papanui Libraries

• Lyttelton Community Centre

• Christchurch International Airport

How Does The Yoogo Share Service Work?

• On-line booking system

• Pay by time

• Keyless car entry

• First stage - Hyundai Ioniq and BMWi3

• Dedicated car sharing off-street car parks with chargers

• Start with A to A model then A to B model

City’s Use of the Yoogo Share Service

• 4,700+ registered business and private members

• 40+ organisations have signed-up to the service

• To date already saved an estimated 150+ tonnes of CO2-e emissions

Christchurch 100% Battery Electric Car Sharing Service

Benefits

• Improvement in air quality and resident’s health through zero

exhaust emissions

• Alignment with reducing greenhouse gas emissions

• A greater proportion of energy used from renewable resources

• Fuel resilience for the city

Christchurch 100% Battery Electric Car Sharing Service

Benefits

• Expose more people to battery electric vehicle use - Overcome myths and

negative perceptions

• Cost barrier of battery electric vehicles and charging infrastructure reduced -

more affordable and accessible for businesses and communities

• There is the potential to reduce the number of vehicles in Christchurch

Battery Electric Buses

• Council worked with Red Bus on researching available battery electric bus technology

• Christchurch Agency for Energy funding support

• In July this year Red Bus will have 3 battery electric zero exhaust emission buses to service the airport to Bus Interchange route

• This route carries 200,000 passengers annually

Battery Electric Van – Parks Maintenance

Battery electric van for Council’s central city parks maintenance

EV Charging Infrastructure

Council Controlled Property Sites

• Akaroa: 4

• Little River: 2 and one fast charger

• New Brighton: 2

• Sumner: 2

• Parklands: 2

• Botanic Gardens car park: 2

• Lichfield Street car park: 10

• QEII Recreational Centre: 6

Total: 30 plus one fast charger

EV Charging Infrastructure

Business Property Sites

Christchurch Agency for Energy

• Funding grant towards public EV charging units and parking signage

• Approved 35 Type 2 charging sockets at 13 business public parking sites

Orion have installed

• 16 Type 2 charging sockets and 2 fast chargers at Foodstuff’s sites

• 2 Type 2 charging sockets at Canterbury University

Electric Vehicle Charging Symbol

Electric Vehicle Charging Signage

Electric Vehicle Charging Signage

Electric Vehicle Charging Signage

Christchurch Electric Vehicle Programme

Take Charge Christchurch

Christchurch Electric Vehicle Programme

• Investigate opportunities for Council vehicle electrification

• New Council Procurement Policy – Influence uptake of zero exhaust emission vehicles

• Electric vehicle charging infrastructure roll-out

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