Electric Vehicles for Australia

Dr Chris Jones

Australian Electric Vehicle Association

Future trends and likely impacts

Brief History of EVs• 1884: Thomas Parker builds the first practical

electric car• 1899: Camille Jenatzy achieves 106 km/h in

an electric car• 1910: almost 40% of cars in the USA are

electric (~34,000)• 1912: Internal combustion engines take off• 1972: Oil crisis triples petrol prices• 1973: AEVA was formed• 1996: GM builds the Impact EV (EV1)• 2000s: Lithium rechargeable batteries• 2004-8: Tesla build and release the Roadster

Most obvious benefits of EVs

• Can run on locally produced renewable electricity (no need to import energy)

• Energy infrastructure already exists (cf. H2)

• Very low maintenance

• Cheaper to run (3 c/km versus >11 c/km for ICE)

• More performance!

Tesla Model S in Melbourne

NordLink project will be Europe’s longest HVDC power grid interconnection and

enable the transmission of 1,400 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy

“US PEV Sales 2010 2013" by Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_PEV_Sales_2010_2013.png#/media/File:US_PEV_Sales_2010_2013.png

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2014/9/8/renewable-energy/global-ev-market-summary-h1

Electric trucks and lorries

2012: approx 100 new electric cars sold2013: 292 new electric cars sold2014: 1130 new electric cars sold (incl. EVs and PHEVs)2015: ...

And in Australia?

Impact on the grid...

Global electronics giant Delta are developing a 6.6 kW bi-directional EV charger/inverter

• EVs will be the biggest consumer of electricity in your home

• Time of charging is critical to save money and minimise grid disturbance

• PV arrays at workplaces may provide sufficient energy for workplace charging

• Fast charging for longer trips will be far less of an issue than you think...