EV Readiness

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EV-Readiness

E-mobility in Ibagué - Colombia
Urban transport and mobility have over the years become an essential concern for city authorities and planners whose challenges have grown, especially towards improving sustainable transportation systems. With the advancement of electric mobility in transport, electric bicycles have also seen significant increase in usage many cities globally. A fact-finding mission by the Dutch Cycling Embassy on cycling in Colombia reported that there is a steady growth in biking in major Colombian cities with the popularity of e-bikes also increasing over time (Berenschot and Urbanos, 2015).

E-mobility in South Africa
Transportation has been a key driver of economic and social activity, and also one of the largest and fastest growing energy end-user sectors. An uptake of electric vehicles is envisaged to be an important part of low-carbon technology pathways for transportation. The Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) supports the phasing out of conventionally fuelled vehicles and increase the share of electric vehicles in the total volume of individual motorised transports in cities to at least 30% by 2030. Within this context the preceding chapters evaluate the Electric Vehicle Readiness (EV-Readiness) of the Republic of South Africa’s city of Cape Town. The evaluation that follows includes a review of the policy environment, contributions to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the United Nation’s New Urban Agenda. While in many re- spects the Republic of South Africa has made numerous advancements,this paper identifies that the governing administration of SA needs to in- crease support towards infrastructure development and support the EVs industry switch over – both users and industry, review the taxation policy for the uptake of EVs into the current environment; provide for a tax incentive for those users who want to make the shift, and engage with all stakeholders in the process of EVs adaptation and implementation.

E-mobility in Ghana

Based on the assessment of electric mobility options for Accra asmade in the previous section, this study proposes the electrification of the bus service sector with specific consideration for the Quality Bus Service (QBS) under operation in Accra. This is partly based on the rationale that the QBS is part of Government’s effort to promote mass transportation in Accra and as indicated, fits into thenationally determined contributions of the country to the global agenda to reduce GHGs emissions. Any initiative to promote thispolicy action hence, is likely to receive the needed stakeholders’support.

E-vehicles in Thimphu

Bhutan plans to make Thimphu - a clean Green Electric city (Tshering, 2014), along with the aim to achieve zero emissions in the transportation sector. The Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) initiated the introduction of Electric Vehicle (EV) but the market for EVs is still nascent. This paper gives an overview of e-mobility in the kingdom of Bhutan and in the capital city of Thimphu - on its status, measures considered, and political and technical support/barriers on its implementation.

E-vehicles in Kathmandu

Nepalese e-mobility sector is still in a nascent phase, but the support from the government and private sectors are seen to foster electric vehicles (EVs) in the country. This paper gives an overview of e-mobility in Nepal and in the capital city of Kathmandu - on its status, measures considered, and political and technical support on its implementation.

E-Rickshaws in Kochi

The Indian e-mobility sector has seen steady growth in momentum, especially since the central government of India has a target to electrify vehicles more than 30% by 2030. This paper gives an overview of e-mobility in India, on the status of electric vehicles (EVs) in the country, its potential impact, and political and technical support on its implementation. Understanding the EVs overview, the paper then discusses the implementation feasibility and framework concept for e-rickshaws in the city of Kochi.

E-mobility in Belo Horizonte

The Low-carbon mobility system was launched in 2016 by the governor of the State of Minas Gerais. The municipality of Belo Horizonte, on the other hand, has already tested and is starting to promote e-taxis and e-buses.

Since 2010 Belo Horizonte has an innovative Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, called PlanMob-BH, with comprehensive measures related to TOD, BRT and bike solutions, which include the planning and construction of a 23 km BRT system called MOVE BRT, a bike sharing system with 40 stations and 400 bikes, 2 pedestrianized streets, 150 km of bike lanes, Zones 30, Fahrradstraßen, among others.

Project development in Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte established a partnership with the city of Bremen, Germany to help BH in the implementation of a Zone 30 and a bicycle street (Fahrradstrasse). The main purpose of these measures is to increase the modal share of bicycle that at present represents only 0.4%. Belo Horizonte’s Urban Mobility Plan has the goal to increase the bicycle trips to 6% by 2020. In order to achieve this goal, a programme that aims to promote the use of the bicycle as a mean of transportation, called PEDALA BH was created. The Zone 30 pilot-project foresees a wide deployment of vertical and horizontal signaling, reallocation and repositioning of parking spaces to provide the reduction of speed, and enlargement of sidewalks with the creation of small areas of coexistence for pedestrians with the insertion of urban furniture.