electric vehicles for australia dr chris jones australian electric vehicle association future trends...
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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
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...