Workshop communique and next steps - Stakeholder workshop process and outcomes

4 Stakeholder workshop process and outcomes

4.5 Workshop communique and next steps

Two media releases were published in relation to the work undertaken as a part of this project as follows:

 http://www.premier.tas.gov.au/media_room/media_releases/electric_vehicle_

workshop (Media release on EV workshop); and

 http://www.premier.tas.gov.au/media_room/media_releases/supporting_electr

The key workshop outcomes and next steps were agreed with the participants to be:  a media statement would be released stating the broad representation at the

workshop and the strong desire among participants for further action in this area;

 critical work was still needed around clarifying the objectives and scope of a demonstration; and

 more detailed investigation of options was needed before a specific project plan could be drawn up.

5 Joule Logic Recommendations

From the workshop it was clear that there is strong support for an EV demonstration project amongst the industry stakeholders. It was also clear that the participants thought that the Government should be the organiser of the demonstration due to:

 The State Government can assess the benefits of the demonstration in relation to economic benefits, emissions reduction benefits and marketing benefits for Tasmania, whereas other industry stakeholders are generally not motivated to take all of these benefits into account; and

 The State Government has a large fleet of vehicles across many departments, and has a centralised system for administering the fleet.

At the workshop participants identified a number of possible projects that would help demonstrate electric vehicle technology and thereby assist with the uptake of electric vehicles. Some of the ideas raised included electric bikes, electric vehicles in local government fleets, imported second-hand EVs and conversions of ICE vehicles to EVs.

The barriers to electric bicycles, and investment in electric bicycles by the Tasmanian public, are not considered to be similar as the current barriers to electric cars. Conversion of old petrol or diesel vehicles carries high technical performance risk and high liabilities, and is not currently cost competitive with the incremental cost of purchasing a plug-in electric vehicle over its non-electric equivalent vehicle. Distributing vehicles amongst Tasmania’s Local Government Councils was considered less attractive than utilising the State Government’s existing fleet arrangements because of the increased geographic diversity of the vehicles, the higher costs of installing charging systems, and the greater number of stakeholders involved.

The recommendation resulting from the work undertaken is that a feasibility study be undertaken into implementing an EV demonstration project within the Tasmanian State Government vehicle fleet.

The feasibility study should include the following assumptions and scope:

1. The Tasmanian Government (primarily the Tasmanian Climate Change Office and the Department of Treasury and Finance) should lead the project. 2. The study should Provide cost estimates for three EV demonstration project scenarios. All scenarios assume that only the Tasmanian Government agency fleets are involved and that the demonstration is based in the Hobart area. The scenarios to be costed are:

a. 60 Electric Vehicles, 60 Level 2 60 Electric Vehicles, 60 Level 2 chargers and 4 level 3 chargers spread amongst 13 fleets;

b. 15 Electric Vehicles, 15 level 2 chargers and 1 level 3 charger spread amongst 13 fleets; and

c. 5 Electric Vehicles, 5 Level 2 chargers spread amongst 2 fleets. 2. The study should consult with Fleet Managers and the relevant Departmental

staff to obtain commitments to the demonstration including those commitments made during the second stage of this project and listed in Appendix 6, and any other commitments of support.

3. The study should include a workshop with the fleet managers. It is expected that this workshop will result in a significant increase in fleet managers’ knowledge and support for an EV demonstration project.

4. The study should include a workshop with non-government fleets to ensure broad stakeholder engagement and understanding. Organisations such as Councils, the University of Tasmania, Catholic Education, Hobart Pathology and others who run large fleets of vehicles will be asked if they would like to participate in the demonstration (at their own cost).

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