EV Roundtable – Electrifying Future Transport in NSW

Start Date:

July 20, 2010

Location:

Sydney, Australia

This event is Invite Only.

The Climate Group are partnering with Ernst and Young and the New South Wales Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water to host a roundtable on electric vehicle (EV) development in New South Wales.

The roundtable will bring State Government representatives together with a diverse range of EV stakeholders including Local Government, vehicle manufacturers, energy market participants, infrastructure providers, financiers, researchers and fleet managers. The event will facilitate discussion on key issues such as vehicle availability and costs, environmental benefits and potential impacts and opportunities for the electricity industry (supply and demand).

Keynote speaker Robin Haycock will provide an international perspective on EV development. Robin is an Auto Industry and Sustainable Transport Specialist with Arup in the UK, and has spent the last two years working on secondment to the UK government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV).

Key questions that will be addressed include:

• What are the challenges?
• Who will be the players?
• What is required to support and expand the electric vehicle market, and maximize benefits to the economy and environment?
• How can we collectively work together to successfully navigate through this industry transformation?