Infrastructure planning for Electric Vehicles (EVs):

How Queensland is charging ahead

Tim Harrison

Tumbling battery prices to reshape auto industry

Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Note: Estimated pre-tax retail prices for U.S. medium vehicle segment

Donald Rumsfeld / Johari window approach to strategic

planning• Known knowns

– Batteries are reducing in price by 20% per year

– Manufacturing scale equals price reductions – think China!

– Government health/environmental regulations

• Known unknown

– Battery research investment = potential technology breakthrough

– AV and/or on-demand services – improved capital pay back

• Unknown unknowns

– Who had heard of Tesla/Elon Musk 10 years ago?

Background on Queensland’s EV initiatives

• The Future is Electric strategy outlines a

number of initiatives to support uptake of EVs.

• Transport and Main Roads the lead agency,

supported by Energy Queensland and EDQ

• Queensland is planning & building an EV

superhighway to enable long distance travel

• Destination charging strategy

• EV infrastructure planning guidelines also

being developed.

The Future is Electric strategy

Focus is on:

• community engagement through

establishing an QEV Council

• infrastructure availability through

building and planning charging

• upfront purchase cost through fleet

group buy schemes, and

• starting a national conversation.

• www.qld.gov.au/electricvehicles

EV benefits for Queensland

• reducing greenhouse gas emissions

• reduced transport costs

• reduced oil dependency

• improved electricity grid utilisation

• improved urban amenity and public health

• protecting and boosting regional tourism.

www.qld.gov.au/electricvehicles

Key planning principles QLD’s EV Super Highway

1. Plan for a long-distance, long-term EV charging network (build the

dream – drive EV uptake).

2. Establish clear planning principles based on understanding EVs

3. Utilise existing assets (electricity infrastructure, road network and

carparks) - starting point is network capacity (critical!!)

4. Partner with willing public and private hosts – no parking costs.

5. Develop a supporting policy and planning context.

6. Integrate EV charging into planning for future road and energy

networks.

Installations underway

Rockhampton

Coolangatta

Charlton

Chargers

• 50kW DC Chargers: CCS Combo 2 and

Chademo cables

• AC Chargers: Twin 22kW sockets

• Type 2 socket (Mennekes)

• Bring your own cable

• T2>T1 cable possible

Importance of planning a long-distance network

vs

Slow Level 1. Existing standard power points with option of dedicated Level

2 chargers

Only 3 - 5% of all EV charging

Understanding EV charging infrastructure

Using existing assets - State Infrastructure Plan

• The Queensland Electric Super Highway project follows the

principles of the SIP:

– Utilise existing asset bases (electricity infrastructure, parking).

– Look at opportunities to partner with the private sector.

– Develop innovative solutions to future infrastructure needs

• Low cost and effective EV superhighway.

Getting partners/local government on-side – what is this?

Site selection criteria

Distance

Amenity

Prominence

Physical

Future use

Regulation

Safety

Network

Case Study Childers – transformer options

• Example on the fringe of a town on the Bruce Hwy

Case Study – Childers

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Signage

• Led by DTMR

• Wayfinding signage

(white on blue)

• Local parking

restrictions

Network planning

Electric Vehicle Mapping Tool, Ergon Energy, March 2017

Local government planning perspective – Cairns RC

Internal Engagement:

• Infrastructure services- traffic, wayfinding signage, transport strategy, TMP

• Parks – location of switchboards

• Property – Ownership, Trustee permits, road reserve

• Planning & Building– approvals? land use?

• Legal & finance team – contracts, legal, procurement

• Regulated parking – enforcement, revenue, installation, signage

• Economic Development – engagement with industry, fleet, tourism, businesses TTNQ

Drive tourism plan

• Sustainability – local groups interested in renewables, opportunities for solar, promotion.

• Marketing – launch and public awareness

• Management and Council Reps

Local government planning perspective – Cairns RC

External Engagement:

• TTNQ- Drive tourism market

• Ergon

• Energy Queensland

• Economic Development Queensland

• Businesses

• EV Suppliers

• Hotels

• More industry engagement to come

Queensland Electric Super Highway (QESH) implementation

• Phase 1: 18 fast-charging stations by end of 2017

• Future phases: further fast-charging stations in 2018/9

• Delivered by Energy Qld (merger of Energex and Ergon)

• Total budget of $3m, which includes network upgrades at some

sites

• Energy Qld will own, operate and maintain network of chargers

• Hosts provide the site free of charge, enter into a hosting

agreement with Energy Qld

Investment in EV charging infrastructure

• Number of benefits for Qld to aid transition to electric transport

– Loss leader / Marketing / public infrastructure

– Ultimately a gain for utility for a transition from imported fuel to

domestic electricity

– Protect and boost regional tourism:

• Domestic road-based tourism could be impacted by $234m over 10 years

if EV infrastructure isn’t provided

Other charging networks

• WA, SA, NSW and Victoria all engaging in charging

infrastructure planning

• Inter-operability between charging networks a high priority

• National consistency:

– Cross border EV highway site planning

– Connectors: DC Type 2 chargers/CHAdeMO

– Destination charging networks

– National EV Council

Destination charging stations

• EDQ is funding a regional network

of slower destination chargers.

• Locations where EVs parked for

several hours (e.g. tourism

locations, town centres, beaches).

Destination charging stations

• To complete the EV charging eco-system, EDQ

is funding a regional network of slower

destination chargers.

• Will complement the EV superhighway

• Seek to leverage local government and private

investment into EV infrastructure.

• Will assist fleet transition, promote EV tourism,

increase awareness EVs.

Planning Guidelines for EV charging stations

Future network planning – 350 kW ultra-fast charging

Electric Vehicle Mapping Tool, Ergon Energy, March 2017

Future planning for electrification of urban freight

Questions?

Contact details:

• Tim Harrison tim.harrison@dilgp.qld.gov.au