Public Funding for Urban Integrated Ltd

The (electric Mobility as a Service) eMaaS Local App project supports the Road to Zero strategy of 50% of all new cars being EVs by 2030 and 100% by 2040, by enabling simplified application based access to low carbon forms of transport including shared electric vehicles for customer trials and regular usage, while providing easy access to EV charging infrastructure. Over 43% of households in the UK lack access to off-street charging or home charging. The market opportunity identified in our Park and Charge Feasibility Study (project number 133827) model is that existing car parks in close proximity to homes can be used at night to provide Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE), i.e. electric car chargers, to these potential EV buyers. Nearly 20% of respondents to the University of Oxford survey for the Park and Charge Pilot project (project number 34277), were identified as using a shared EV at least once a month, indicating a clear demand for shared mobility. A challenge for these users is that there is significant market fragmentation regarding electric and shared mobility services, with currently no integrated services which enable booking and using of a shared EV, e-bike and EV charge point from within a single service. This opportunity is exploited in this project using the eMaaS Local App model; development of a unified eMaaS Local App for customers, to manage, book, and use charge point and shared mobility services from a selection of providers all in one place. This will include charge points and shared mobility options, such as shared electric cars, e-bikes, and e-cargo bikes. We will utilise open data standards, including Open Charge Point Interface (OCPI) and Transport Operator MaaS Provider (TOMP) APIs to integrate with mobility and charge point operators, enabling the application to be operator agnostic paving the way to future integration with additional mobility and charge point operators. The application pilot will be the first step towards developing a fully-fledged eMaaS application, which can be white labelled and sold B2B to eMaaS providers and B2Public Services for eMaaS platform services. The limited pilot will take place at a Park and Charge Pilot location in Oxfordshire, or a suitable alternative. During the pilot we will test the application integration with shared mobility services, including the integration testing for one electric car, one e-bike, as well as one bookable EV charge point. Our project will focus on local / last mile / business use cases to enable community growth around local eMaaS hubs.

The planned expansion of EV's throughout the UK relies on a backbone of EV charging infrastructure being in place to support the switch from ICE to EV. This infrastructure requires significant investment that will secure future returns as and when the EV uptake expands. In order to secure investment for this infrastructure there needs to be a clearly identified business case. This project harmonises the results from previous IUK projects (Park and Charge feasibility and Electra) and develops the site locator and business case investment tools resulting from these projects into an investment calculator which will clearly demonstrate to investors the likely return on investment from infrastructure deployment. This will enable a rapid expansion in the deployment of EV chargers in the right places at the right times, matching supply to demand, matching investor to returns. It is essential that the best locations can be identified which match local demand from EV users for hubs and overnight charging as this will ensure best usage uptake and hence best returns for investment. Data to support the identification of sites and the returns has already been identified by previous successful IUK projects, it is this project's aim to further enhance this data with modelling and new data sets from existing EV chargers that will prove the case for investment into EV charging infrastructure.

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With 30% of households in the UK lacking access to off-street charging or home charging, the market opportunity identified in this Park and Charge model is that existing car parks in close proximity to residences can be used at night to provide Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE) to these potential EV buyers. Detailed work undertaken in Feasibility Stage 1 indicated that most existing car parks are under-utilised from 6 pm to 8 am and through a detailed survey, 70% of potential EV buyers were willing to walk for 5 minutes to charge their EV. This opportunity is exploited in this project using the Park and Charge (PnC) model, summarised as: Production of 140 state-of-the art smart EVSEs by UK SME Zeta: offering advanced features like dynamic charging; fault detection; remote fault rectification; dual output with variable charge balancing; remote software upgrade. Demonstration of an Interoperable Electric Mobility Service Provider (eMSP) Platform & App. by UK SME [ui!]uk enabling EVSE reservations; parking space reservations; Charge Point Operator (CPO) data integration; payment integration; reporting and visualisation. Refinement of Park and Charge (PNC) Modelling Tool- A replicable analytical modelling tool to identify suitable PnC sites considering vectors such as local EVSE demand, on-street parking capacity, car park suitability and socio-economic characteristics. Demonstration of Park and Charge Business Models- Demonstration of new long-term private sector-led investment models, risk and reward analysis, in public EVSE infrastructure. PnC will test a business model solution that: is suitable for investment. PnC has 6 local authority participants instrumental in the design and feasibility and intrinsic to the ongoing successful delivery; encourages electric vehicle take up in the area and maximise improvements in local air quality: 140 new charge points will be provided in existing public sector car parks adjacent to high density residential areas with no off street parking- creating local charging hubs; provides great experiences for end users: with bespoke pre-booking and billing services, avoidance of pedestrian disruption and street congestion. Is ready for rapid scale-up, locally and nationally with 18 letters of support secured from other potential stakeholders. Social and behavioural aspects will enjoy expert attention through the academic rigor of Oxford University ensuring the PnC solution is: inclusive, accessible, affordable and optimal.

"The enclosed project is presented by a highly focused team of experienced experts in the field of EV charging and infrastructure. This team includes professionals from Local Authorities and Universities that have already completed significant trials and data gathering exercises to highlight the issues faced by EV charging and the infrastructure needed for mass adoption. This team, including operators of parking and responsible for provision of EV charging, is frustrated with the difficulties associated electric vehicle usage and journey planning. Their vision is to create a smart infrastructure system that provides electric vehicle users with a ""Tinder or Airbnb style"" system for charging their car. This system, called Park and Charge, seeks to bring together the charging hardware technologies, parking availability and software that provides a complete end to end charging solution for electric vehicle owners limited by on street parking and charging availability. The solution would deal with all aspects of the vehicle charging challenge (real-time choice of charging sites, charge bay parking, live pricing, booking/billing from their car). The goal is to promote electric vehicle ownership and integrate electric vehicles into the wider transport and energy infrastructure. The project is presented by two commercial providers of electric vehicle charging related hardware (Zeta) and software solutions (UI-UK) in collaboration with local government representatives (Oxfordshire County Council). With support from the local Universities to conduct User analysis and transport modelling. The project will focus on establishing the feasibility of providing a living laboratory electric vehicle charging demosnstrator in Oxfordshire and provide a crucial platform for the streamlining of the energy, urban and transport related challenges. The system will provide a solution that directly aids modal transport shift in one of the countries most challenging transport related regions."

"The enclosed project is presented by a team of experienced developers and producers of hardware and software solutions used in the built environment and electric vehicle infrastructure sector. This team, including owners of electric vehicles, is frustrated with the difficulties associated electric vehicle usage and journey planning. Their vision is to create a smart infrastructure system that provides electric vehicle users with a ""Tinder or Airbnb style"" system for charging their car. This system, called ELECTRA, seeks to bring together the charging hardware technologies and software that provides a complete end to end charging solution for electric vehicle owners. The solution would deal with all aspects of the vehicle charging challenge (real-time choice of charging sites, charge bay parking, live pricing, booking/billing from their car). The goal is to promote electric vehicle ownership and integrate electric vehicles into the wider transport and energy infrastructure. The project is presented by two commercial providers of electric vehicle charging related hardware (Zeta) and software solutions (UI-UK) in collaboration with local government representatives (Oxfordshire County Council). The project will focus on establishing a living laboratory electric vehicle charging pilot in Oxfordshire and provide a crucial platform for the streamlining of the energy, urban and transport related challenges. The system will provide a solution that directly aids modal transport shift in one of the countries most challenging transport related regions."