elli kotakorpi in the oulu smart city seminar on wed 6th may, 2015
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Buses going electric – case Tampere
Smart City Seminar, Oulu6.5.2015
Elli KotakorpiCity of Tampere
Formulating the strategy
Background study
Implementation scenarios
Implementation plan
8-12/2014
• Introduction to the topic• State of the art
(vehicles & charging)• International best
practices• eMobility in Finland
• First definition of possible roles for Tampere city
1. Observer2. Enabler3. Exemplary leader4. National key player
• Deeper definition of the possible roles
• Key focus points and actions• Target amounts for vehicles
and charging stations per role
• Comparison of the roles• Benefits• Costs• Environmental impacts• Social impacts
• Outcome: role proposal for Tampere city
• Designing charging station network
• Plan for vehicle acquisition• Choosing city’s incentives• Final roadmap & timetable
for the actions to be taken
City decision 8/2014
Buses switch to electricity- A study ”Tampere buses switch to electricty”
done in spring 2014
- TEKEs project ”Solutions for Electric Mobility” started in 11/2014
- Preparing the procurement of an electrc bus systemand operating one line with electric buses
• Tampere public transport & TKL
• New innovations in electric transport -competition
• Planning the user experience for electric publictransport
• Dissemination & communication, ”Procurementguide”
18.11.2014 MKu
Some features of the system- Charging at the end-point (maybe also at depot)
- A short city line would be most suitable
- Conductive overhead charging
- Charging station at Pyynikintori
- The bus line should work as an innovation platform for ITS services
Procurement process- Competitive bidding
- Leasing 4 buses (TKL, Local public transport operator)
- The charging station will be bought, not leased (the city will be the owner)
- Manufacturers can offer either the buses, the charging station or both
- If the buses and charging station are procured separately, the bus and the charging station manufacturer (who one the bidding) will have a period of 21 days to fit their systems together and present their solution to the buyer possibility to stop the process
- The bus manufacturer can determine their battery technology and the size of the battery freely, as long as the bus is able to drive the defined drive cycle.
- Info event for potential suppliers 27th of May.- The tendering will open during summer.
Electric bus line as an innovation platform
- Enabling the development of ITS services and products in and for the bus line
- Open data- ”Innovation line” plan
Cities boosting innovation- strategy to become a forerunner in electric mobility
- a lot of work, discussions and good arguments are needed to putthe strategies into practice. How to secure the needed resourcesto reach the goal?
- Boosting innovation is not an important goal for many city departments.
- Who should be the one taking the risk?
- Determined individuals can have a big influence (”just do it”)
- Organisational culture.
Case Amsterdam
” ‘We have decided to just do it, not to experimentwith five buses.’”
source: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/04/amsterdam-to-replace-diesel-buses-with-electric-vehicles/
Public transport/MaaS/Electric cars
- Public transport is a modern form of mobilitytake-up of innovations, both technical and
social
- The relationship between MaaS and Public transportation (tailored solutions vs. masstransport)
- Even though private cars become moreenergy-efficient and/or electric, there is stillthe problem of lack of space
