LOCAL ACTION PLAN OF KATOWICE

Document formulated within the framework of Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe project realised under URBACT II Programme Katowice, November 2012

Table of contents
1. Introduction......................................................................................................................... 1 2. Preface ............................................................................................................................... 1 3. Development of electric mobility in Katowice.......................................................................3 3.1 Present state of the market in Poland...............................................................................3 3.2 Perspective 2015+ ........................................................................................................... 4 3.3 analysis of Barriers and Challenges..................................................................................4 4. Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe ......................................................................................5 5. Best Practices Examples from Cities Engaged in EVUE....................................................7 6. Objectives and Scope of Local Action Plan of Katowice......................................................8 7. Action Plan for 2012-2015.................................................................................................10 7.1 Promotion of Electric Vehicles.........................................................................................11 7.2 Creation of Charging Infrastructure ...............................................................................13 7.3 Creation of System of incentives for Electric Vehicles ....................................................14 8. Conclusions and Further Actions......................................................................................16

1. Introduction
In 2010 Katowice joined Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe (EVUE) project realized under the URBACT II programme. 10 partners are involved in EVUE project. They differ from each other in terms of social and economic development including transport infrastructure and social awareness concerning the need to use electric vehicles in daily life. The Lead Partner is Westminster City Council (London). Other partners are Lisbon and Beja, Madrid, Frankfurt, Oslo, Stockholm, Suceava, Zografou1 and Katowice. Every partner is obliged to formulate a Local Action Plan (LAP) which describes citys actions supporting development of e-mobility. The present document is the Local Action Plan of Katowice compiled by representatives of Katowice and members of the URBACT Local Support Group which was established in EVUE project. The ULSG started its meetings in December 2010 and works as an advisory group to the city. The group consist of specialists from different e-mobility stakeholders. Its members include: City of Katowice Transport authority - Upper Silesian Transport Association <Komunikacyjny Zwizek Komunalny Grnolskiego Okrgu Przemysowego KZK GOP> Municipal roads agency - Urban Office for Road and Bridges Management <Miejski Zarzd Ulic i Mostw w Katowicach> Energy Regulatory Office Energy utility - TAURON Distribution S.A. 2 Silesian University of Technology KOMEL electric machinery - Centre for Research and Development of Electric Machines KOMEL <Branowy Orodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Maszyn Elektrycznych KOMEL > Marshall Office of the lskie Voivodeship (Managing Authority) Representatives of potential users In total there were about 15 meetings ULSG and many contacts via e-mail. Although not all the members were so much interested, it gave us good cooperation within group in the works of project and in the creating Local Action Plan. ULSG members participated at the Summer University in Cracow in 2011. It was the extraordinary opportunity to meet and work with knowledgeable experts, good lesson how to create the LAP and very interesting exchange of experiences between participants from different cities. An example of the active involvement of our Managing Authority (Marshal Office of Silesia) is the fact that its representative participated not only in meetings ULSG, but also in the EVUE network meeting in Franfurt in 2011 and in the final conference in London in 2012 Now members of the ULSG are also involved in the execution of Local Action Plan.

2. Preface
The Southern region of Poland which includes the Silesian Voivodeship consists of 71 cities (19 with county rights). The region is inhabited by 4,6 mln people with 80% living in urban areas. 14 cities create the Upper-Silesian Metropolitan Area. The dynamic socialeconomic potential is the basis for the development of the Southern part of the country. Over 180 000 students of the Voivodeship (130 000 in the very metropolis) study
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Zografou withdrew from the project in 2011 Former: Vattenfall Distribution Poland S.A.

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technology, medicine, economy as well as humanistic and artistic studies at 28 colleges and universities. The graduates are employed in all fields and the current specialisations in demand include IT, high technology, mining and energy companies, medical and ecological companies. The well-developed road system provides connection with Breslau and Cracow as well as Bielsko Biaa and Gdask (currently East-West <A4> and NorthSouth <A1> motorways are under construction). The heart of the agglomeration is Katowice which covers 164 km 2 and is situated in Silesian Upland of Upper Silesia. The city is inhabited by approx. 306 000 people .65% inhabitants are of working age. Katowice which so far had been perceived as the city of coal and steel, has for years been transforming social and economical aspects and its objective is to create an image of the high-tech and life quality city. The social resources are well supported by a labour market of low unemployment and high number of students specialised in technological faculties. Its characteristic feature is society of high activity which representsdevelopment of entrepreneurship and innovation. The systematicimprovement in quality of life for the inhabitants is focused on enhancement of ecological standards, health care services, education and security. The remarkable transport infrastructure includes a dense road system, access to motorways as well as airports. Another key element is investment attractiveness which, in the case of Katowice, is reflected by numerous investments of international companies. Katowice as the capital of the region faces a lot of challenges which should be tackled by the entire metropolitan area. One of them is provision of transport system which should guarantee sustainable and excellent mobility and access to public goods and services. The sustainable transport system is essential for the agglomeration to ensure its attractiveness for inhabitants and visitors. Simultaneously the transport system represents the worst source of health threats to inhabitants and environment. When driving we produce around 40% of total emission of CO 2 and 70% of other pollutions. Fumes, noise, vibrations or accidents devastating environment result in 90% of European population declaring the need to improve the conditions of road and cities. Reduction of CO2 emissions is driven by the development of of low emissions regulations. However unless the government actions are systemized their results are of poor quality. One essential ingredient of sustainable transport development is the use of electric engines in vehicles. There are several types of vehicle, including plug-in and hybrids. A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle which uses two or more separate sources of power to move the vehicle. The name usually labels hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) which combines an internal combustion engine and one or more electric engines The benefits of e-mobility implementation can be analysed in three aspects: Environmental benefits CO2 emission and harmful pollutant reduction, improvement in Energy efficiency Benefits for a city Improvement in quality of life by means of reduction of pollution, Reduction of noise including public transport, Protection of historical buildings. Benefits for inhabitants Potential reduction of operating costs (electric energy as fuel 5-8 PLN/100 km) and reduction of servicing costs), Comfort of ride and acceleration. Beside the benefits there is a wide range of disadvantages typical for the early stages of technology development Limited range (related to the batteries) from 60 to 400km, Long time of battery charging up to 10 hours, with standard charging.
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Reduced performance /range of the vehicle in low temperatures, High purchase costs of vehicle, Production of electric energy results from unclean methods such as atomic fission, gas combustion, coal combustion, Limited selection of available charging- points and home charging points, No standards, regulations or market models, (still emerging)

Having in mind the aforementioned arguments Katowice City joined the e-mobility project to learn about this a crucial element of sustainable transport development. The plan has three elements. The plan assumes a purchase of an electric vehicle, electric-bus testing and establishment of an encouragement system for electric vehicles users. Charging infrastructure is expected to be created later.

3. Development of electric mobility in Katowice 3.1 Present state of the market in Poland
Electric vehicles In 2012 in Poland approx. 17 240 000 cars were registered and 72,40% of them are cars older than 10 years. In 2010 car dealers and car-makers declared the sale of 333 552 new cars which is 4,17% more than the previous year 3. Currently several dozens of electric cars are registered in Poland4. In comparison the sale of electric cars in first half of 2011 in Europe 5 was: in Germany - 1020, France - 953, Norway 850 and Great Britain 599. In practice in all countries in EU (including Poland) sale of electric cars in 2011 was bigger than in 2010. Electric cars are serialized on the Polish market there is the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Peugeot iOn and Citron C-Zero. Cars are equipped with traction engines and lithium-ion batteries which provide range of 50 km in NEDC cycle. The leader of electric cars sale is Mitsubishi which in the first 8 months of 2011 supplied 21 i-MiEV and has orders for the next 19 6. The important fact is that the catalogue prices suggested by the electric car makers in 2012 are 15-30% lower than in 2011. According to the industry predictions new electric car models should be launched in Poland at the end of 2012: Renault (Fluence Z.E. i Kangoo Express Z.E.), Smart ED (Smart Fortwo EV) and extended-range electric car - Opel Ampera. Nissan Leaf will be launched in 2013. Electric motorbikes and bikes as well as domestic three-wheeled Re-Volt are accessible on the domestic market7. In Poland there are companies which convert cars to electric drive and companies which lease e -cars for long-term as well as provide access to infrastructure. In June 2012, the Ministry of Economy has prepared a document entitled "Conditions for the implementation of an integrated system of e-mobility in Poland." Experts from the automotive, energy and local government concluded its recommendations, so that the use of electric vehicles in our country should become more common.

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Data of SAMAR and Polish Association of Automotive Industry. Estimate based on public information. Centralna Ewidencja Pojazdw w Polsce (Central Registration of Vehicles in Poland) does not use electric car category and instead uses term: electric-hybrid vehicle EV sales and subsidies by market. JATO Dynamics. 26 September 2011. www.jato.com.

http://www.samochodyelektryczne.org/ceny_elektrycznych_trojaczkow_i-miev_ion_i_czero_w_polsce.htm 7 http://www.re-volt.com.pl/home.aspx?lang=pl
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Since 31 January 2012 the Polish Technological Platform for Ecological Transport has started its activity and its coordinator is the Polish Chamber of Automotive Industry 8. The strategic goal of the Platform is use of the domestic intellectual and technological potential of transport industry as well as optimisation of national and EU funds use for development and implementation of modern solutions of ecological transport industry. 18 members of the Platform are car makers and ecological vehicles part makers interested in the industry development and supporting the Polish competitiveness in this field. Charging infrastructure Public charging points operate as parts of demo projects in some of the cities such as Breslau or Warsaw. There are a few domestic companies that produce charging stations or companies which are the representatives of the leading European and global companies.

3.2 Perspective 2015+

Around 100 electric car models are estimated to be launched by 2015 made by 66 carmakers9. Due to specific character of the Polish market (age of cars, new cars sale, lack of subsidies, etc) there will be some delay in electric cars will become the part of the mainstream car market compared to other European countries. Various sources claim that in 2020 the share of new electric cars at new cars market should be between 2 and 10%10. In Europe this development will differ and depend on the industry, government and societys views and support for implementation of this technology. Frost & Sullivan published an interesting prognosis for sale of electric and plug-in hybrid cars in Central and Eastern Europe11, which should increase from 245 units in 2011 to approx. 62 000 units in 2017. Poland (along with Czech and Romania) is in the forefront of the e-mobility markets attractiveness. The main cause for growth is increase in demand and interest of investors in e-mobility. In Poland the realistic scenario predicts that within 5 years the sale of electric cars and plug-in vehicles can reach 4,4% of total sale of passenger cars and delivery vans. The optimistic scenario assumed that if the central government supports the idea, if the macroeconomic situation improves, then the share of electric vehicles may reach even 9% of total sales. The challenges concerning development of charging infrastructure in Central and Easter Europe are similar to those in Western Europe. These are the issues of safe charging, infrastructure management and financial services, optimisation of production costs, installation and operating charging point in a way that avoids transferring all the costs to the customer. Providing charging infrastructure in housing estates in countries of Central and Eastern Europe will require specific solutions. Only 7% of population live in houses where garage charging is accessible.

3.3 analysis of Barriers and Challenges

There is a set of barriers and challenges facing electric mobility development in Poland. They include technical, environmental, social, economic and legal issues. The following are the most often cited problems: http://pim.pl/dealerzy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5035:pimpierwsze-spotkanie-zespou-koordynacyjnego-polskiej-platformy-technologicznejtransportu-ekolog&catid=137:informacje
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Impacts of Electric Vehicles - Deliverable 1. Delft, April 2011.

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http://www.cedelft.eu/publicatie/impact_of_electric_vehicles/1153 Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts, Pike Research, www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1758514 www.frost.com/prod/servlet/press-release.pag?docid=261768842 16.06.2012r.
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high price of electric vehicles and limited number of car suppliers in Poland in 2011-2012, lack of financial and non-financial incentives for electric vehicles purchase and usage, lack of access to public charging infrastructure and lack of home charging infrastructure offers, lack of standards, regulations and market model, low public awareness regarding electric vehicles as well as existence psychological barriers (range, charging).

Electric mobility development is closely connected with the environmental aspects which include i. a. reduction of CO2 and other pollutants emission, noise, the increase of energy efficiency in transport sector and intelligent energy use. The EU legislators have been for a long time interested in the influence of road transport on the environment and climate change. It is exemplified by the comprehensive strategy (Transport 2050) adopted by the European Commission in March 2011. The strategy aim is to build a competitive transport system that will increase mobility, remove major barriers in key areas and fuel growth and employment. Transport 2050 sets different goals for different types of journey- within cities, between cities and long distance. Urban transport is going to undergo a big shift to cleaner cars and cleaner fuels. The long-term objectives set to reduce by 50% the use of conventionally fuelled cars in urban transport by 2030; to phase them out in cities by 2050; to achieve essentially CO 2-free movement in major urban centres by 2030.

4. Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe

In 2010 Katowice joined the Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe Project which is realised under the European URBACT II Programme. The goal of URBACT II Programme is to promote sustainable and integrated urban development policy in Europe. Within the programme there are 44 projects grouped in 9 areas of expertise. There are 10 EVUE project partners. The cities in EVUE project differ in terms of socio-economic development including the transport infrastructure development as well as social awareness regarding the use electric vehicles in everyday life. Westminster City Council (London) is the Lead Partner of EVUE. The remaining partners are: Lisbon and Beja, Madrid, Frankfurt, Oslo, Stockholm, Suceava, Zografou and Katowice. The Baseline Study developed in 2011 developed a profile for each of the city partners, including population, demography, transport systems and emerging electric vehicle strategies. The study also identified the key challenges facing all cities in common, to help accelerate electric vehicles within urban sustainable mobility policies. As a result the EVUE network agreed to focus on four core themes: Business Models Procurement Infrastructure Awareness Raising

A transnational exchange program was developed to explore the barriers and challenges, to share experience, through site visits, workshops, expert input and peer review. The prime challenges that the project partners face and the goals they have include: climate change, safe and properly operating urban public transport, optimisation of vehicle running costs, the inadequacy of already existing infrastructure, the lack of experience and know-how, the lack of national and local formal-legal regulations, public
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resistance towards introduction of new technologies into practice. Partners want to meet the challenges by reducing environment pollution through the use of electric cars and paying special attention to the safety and security of the vehicles and passengers. EVUE also focused on the role of electric vehicle in the context of sustainable mobility, respecting the hierarchy of active travel modes and public transport. Brief project partners characteristic: Beja, a small city located in the Alentejo region and Lisbon are partners in the ambitious MOBI.E Program for Electric Mobility in Portugal whose aim is to implement and popularize the use of electric vehicles in Portugal 12. Oslo and the whole Norway are deeply involved in the development of electric mobility. There is a national target to have 200,000 electric vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles by 202013. By the end of September 2011 there were 1 153 electric vehicles in Oslo and 630 charging points. The total number of electric vehicles in Norway at that time amounted to 4 278 and there were 2 975 charging points 14. Zografou a city in Greece situated within so called Greater Athens (agglomeration encompassing Athens and Piraeu and its satellite cities). Zografou is interested in experimental introduction of electric vehicles into urban area starting first by introducing some promotional campaigns and increasing the public awareness15. In May 2009 London authorities launched the Electric Vehicle Delivery Plan 16. The plan highlights the requirement for extensive charging infrastructure to facilitate the uptake and usage of electric vehicles by Londoners and Londons businesses. This draft strategy sets out the proposed approach to the deployment of charging infrastructure up to 2015. Making the Connection: the Plug-In Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy 17 encompasses the whole Great Britain and sets out the frames for the development of charging infrastructure for plug-in vehicles. Stockholm has been undertaking actions aiming to reduce the greenhouse gas emission per capita to achieve zero emission by 2050. The popularisation of using electric cars in urban area is to facilitate the achievement of this goal 18. The clean vehicle team has experience of different types of vehicles including introducing electric vehicles in the city. The introduction of electric vehicles into Frankfurt is one of the citys long term targets. In June 2011 Frankfurt launched the Project "Electro mobility in the year 2025 in Frankfurt am Main"19, the strategy incorporates 26 projects that aim to support and assist the introduction of electric mobility. The document presents 7 goals regarding the development of e-mobility which should be achieved by the end of 2025. http://urbact.eu/en/projects/low-carbon-urban-environments/evue/partner/? partnerid=560 13 http://urbact.eu/en/projects/low-carbon-urban-environments/evue/partner/? partnerid=559 14 http://urbact.eu/fileadmin/Projects/EVUE/documents_media/molmem__evue__success_early_adoption_in_oslo_19.9.11.pdf 15 http://urbact.eu/en/projects/low-carbon-urban-environments/evue/partner/? partnerid=458 16 https://www.sourcelondon.net/sites/default/files/draft%20Electric%20Vehicle %20Infrastructure%20Strategy.pdf 17 http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/making-the-connection-the-plug-in-vehicleinfrastructure-strategy/plug-in-vehicle-infrastructure-strategy.pdf 18 http://urbact.eu/en/projects/low-carbon-urban-environments/evue/partner/? partnerid=461 19 http://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=317598&_ffmpar%5B_id_inhalt %5D=6093659
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Madrid is one of three Spanish cities involved in the MOVELE national pilot that aims to promote electric vehicles20. The project is planned for the years 2009-2012. Within the project there will be some subsidies allocated for the electric vehicles buyers. Within the project ca. 2.000 electric vehicles and ca. 546 charging points are to be introduced in the following cities: Seville- 75, Madrid- 280, Barcelona - 191 21. MOVELE Project has a budget of 10 mio euro, which will be used to construct the charging points infrastructure (15%), to manage and supervise the activities and researches (5%) and the remaining budget (80%) will be used to purchase electric vehicles. Suceava, a city situated in Romania. The city is undertaking actions to reduce the air pollution by promoting environment - friendly vehicles 22. The market phase in Romania has some similarities with that of Poland.

5. Best Practices Examples from Cities Engaged in EVUE

In creating the Local Action Plan (LAP) Katowice used the experience of other project partners. For Katowice it was especially useful to learn about the development of a charging infrastructure policy, harnessing renewable energy and the use of public procurement. During the project implementation it has been emphasised that in some partner cities the number of charging points has been increasing both in public space (on car parks and streets) as well as in business and private space i.e. at the airports, at the workplace, in housing estates or in shopping centres. At present it can be observed that we can distinguish a clear division for public, workplace and residential charge points. As part of the Plugged-In Places scheme, UK government is co-funding the roll-out of around 9 000 charge points by March 2013 in: London, the North East and Milton Keynes, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Manchester, the Midlands and the East of England 23. Electric Vehicle Delivery Plan sets to deliver 25 000 charge points across London by 2015 of which 90 % will be located in workplace car parks. Additionally around 2 000 charge points will be located in off-street public car parks and 500 on-street. It is worth paying attention to the fact that the London Plan policy requires that all new developments provide charge points in 20% of parking spaces. In Portugal within the MOBI.E Programme 1300 public normal charging stations will be installed in the following 25 municipalities: Almada, Aveiro, Beja, Braga, Bragana, Cascais, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, vora, Faro, Guarda, Guimares, Leiria, Lisboa, Loures, Portalegre, Porto, Santarm, Setbal, Sintra, Torres Vedras, Viana do Castelo, Vila Nova de Gaia, Vila Real e Visem 24 and 50 public fast charging stations will be installed between the mentioned municipalities. MOBI.E is a fully integrated and totally interoperable national electric mobility system that allows any individual the access to any provider of electricity in any charging point explored by any service operator. This ensures transparency and competition along the value chain and leads to the growth of importance of electricity produced from renewable energy. Portugal is one

http://urbact.eu/en/projects/low-carbon-urban-environments/evue/partner/? partnerid=556 21 http://www.endesa.com/en/saladeprensa/noticias/Documents/Nota%20Prensa %20Endesa%20Movele%20Sevilla-EN.pdf 22 http://urbact.eu/en/projects/low-carbon-urban-environments/evue/partner/? partnerid=459

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Por. Electric Car Guide 2011 Questions and Answers

http://www.mobie.pt/en/a-redemobi.e;jsessionid=8DA0E3833E9AE3C0843BC3D4A8EAD948.jvm1
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of the first countries in the world to have an integrated policy for electric mobility and charging network for electric vehicles with national coverage 25. Public procurement as well as local government activities and decisions made by the national government are the key to the development of e-mobility. In October 2011 the City of Stockholm carried out national procurement resulting in agreements regarding electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids from 6 different suppliers 26. A total number of 296 partners/buyers were invited to join the procurement of which 260 were public bodies and 36 private companies. The procurement covered 1 250 electric vehicles/ year: 850 for public sector (550 passenger cars and 300 delivery vans) and 400 for the private sector (250 passenger cars and 150 delivery vans). The EVUE meeting and final reports have been a rich source of information and inspiration in the development of the local action plan for Katowice. 27

6. Objectives and Scope of Local Action Plan of Katowice

The main objective for Katowice is to elaborate an electric mobility development strategy. Considering the city interest the main objective should constitute one of the elements to create a sustainable transport system. The detailed objectives take into consideration: motivation and interest analysis of potentially interested sides (see Tab. 1), problems and solutions analysis (see Tab. 2). The detailed objective to solve the electric vehicles technical and construction problems (range, battery exchange, charging) is the expansion of research and development activities in this area. The detailed objective to solve the issues regarding the charging infrastructure accessibility and network load is the creation of this infrastructure after conducting suitable analyses (charge points suited to customers needs as well as electro -energetic system specificity, quality standards and safety). The detailed objective resulting from the lack of legal solutions concerning i.a. licenses and financial settlements is the creation of essential regulations or legal interpretations. Providing solutions for the issues important for vehicle users (vehicle price, vehicle running costs, car spare parts, shock-absorption) is rather the responsibility of the producer. In the future the city of Katowice can also partake in solving some of the mentioned issues by defining the detailed objective: creation of encouragement system for electric vehicles usage. The issues important for Katowice city and its residents (too high traffic volume, too many car parks in the downtown, traffic jam in the agglomeration, transport influence on environment) can be solved by developing the electric mobility in the city but only indirectly and partially. The detailed objective would be to free the downtown from emission and noise. Tab. 1
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Stakeholder analysis

http://lisbon.trade.gov.pl/pl/analizy_rynkowe/article/detail,157,Portugalski_program_mobil nosci_elektrycznej.html 26 http://www.elbilsupphandling.se/en/the-procurement-of-electrical-vehicles

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http://urbact.eu/evue

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Issue:
stakeholders

Development of e-mobility in the city

businesses and the degree of interest possibilities and motivation for the implementation of changes socially responsible city ecology economy innovativeness awareness of realities and needs parties interested in the development of EVs Actions that can be taken up in view of the interest

city

potential implementing institution

meetings local laws (car parks, ...) local government actions (promotion, planning)

public decision-makers administration institutions residents/ travellers direct/indirect beneficiary

creation of long-lasting legal and economic mechanisms (grants/ subsidies ) meetings, information, promotion (car parks, closed zones)

quality of life improvement openness to changes ecology economy CSR employment rate increase promotion economic growth energetic infrastructure development energy consumption increase CSR

business entities

tax reliefs/ subventions/preferen ces

meetings promotion mediations advice meetings promotion mediations advice partnership agreements trials meetings promotion mediations free advertisement in case of events organised by the city potential suppliers to city fleets and infrastructure

energy sector

infrastructure development

automotive and infrastructure sector

vehicles and charging promotion infrastructure interest in the development of development charging infrastructure CSR

universities/ research institutes

innovation research and education

new skills orders workforce training exchange of research research for cars, components, results energy, infrastructure environmental concern quality-of-life pride in the city newsworthiness meetings promotion mediations good co-operation features and programs for TV radio and web

associations/ desire to influence organisations / authorities decisions interest groups media promotion/influence on the public awareness

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The solution to low public awareness regarding electric vehicles would be to promote the development of electric mobility in the city. This detailed objective has been included in the Local Action Plan. It has been also considered to implement the 2 afore-mentioned detailed objectives: the creation of charging infrastructure and the creation of encouragement system for electric vehicles usage. Tab. 2 Issue:
Problems

Table of problems and solutions Development of e-mobility in the city (main objective)
Solutions (detailed objectives) R& D actions testing production Sources (where to look for the model?, from whom should we learn?) EVUE cities EU and industry networks

EVs technical and construction issues (range, battery exchange, charging)

issues important for incentive system for EVs users/vehicles owners (vehicle usage price, car running costs, car spare parts, shock-absorption)

EVUE cities, such as Oslo Stockholm London Plugged in Fleets Report, The Climate Group

EVs charging infrastructure (network load)

construction of accessible charging infrastructure

Eurelec. EU network of grid operators and energy agencies EVUE cities

legal solutions (licences, charges) regulations

too high traffic volume too many car parks in the downtown traffic jam in the agglomeration influenc e of transport on environment city image that influence of EVs on the environment (monitoring carbon footprint) low knowledge concerning electric vehicles

freeing downtown from emission and noise environmental monitoring determining the carbon footprint sustainable transport policies

EVUE cities Covenant of Mayors CIVITAS

Promotion Media Transnational exchange

EVUE cities events, mobi.e, working with children.

7. Action Plan for 2012-2015

The city together with the Local Support Group has conducted a motivation analysis of stakeholders as well and analysis of problems and solutions both in line with URBACT methodology. The process was supported by two Local Support Group members who attended the URBACT Summer University in Krakow in 2011. The analysis, detailed in the annexes, helped to define the three key areas of action for the city within the Local Action Plan:

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promotion of electric vehicles, creation of charging infrastructure, creation of system of incentives for electric vehicles

7.1 Promotion of Electric Vehicles

Promotion of electric vehicles is one of the detailed objectives that can be realised quickly. Within this objective the following direct objectives have been defined: Promoting knowledge and information regarding electric and integrated mobility in schools, at universities, among residents and economic entities (i.e. city mass events, conferences and presentations, creation of a Facebook profile), Setting a good example by introducing electric vehicles into the city car fleet and introducing an additional criteria for the purchase of city car fleet: emission of CO2 and other pollutants, Realization of demonstration programmes with the members of Local Support Group. The actions, realisation dates, necessary financial means and expected results have been defined for these objectives (see Tab. 3a).

Tab. 3a

Table of actions: 7.1 Electric vehicles promotion A. Promotion of knowledge about electric sustainable mobility in urban area
Lead partner Cooperatin Expected g partners results Indicators Time Annual funds

Direct objective:
Name and short description of action

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A.1 ...among youth: workshops, and contests at schools

Katowice City Hall

entities of Local Support Group (e.g. Silesian University of Technology) entities of Local Support Group

increase in knowledge about emobility among youth

6 schools engaged in project

Sept. 2012

funds for awards in 2012 from the EVUE project budget funds for promotional materials in 2012 from EVUE project budget, after 2012 from city budget funds for promotional events in 2012 from the EVUE project budget, after 2012 from city budget no extra costs for city budget

A.2 ...among inhabitants: promotions during the events organised by city

Katowice City Hall

increase in knowledge about emobility among inhabitants

1 event per year

20122015

A.3 ...among Katowice business City Hall entities: participation in conferences and symposia A.4 Facebook profile Katowice for e-mobility City Hall

entities of Local Support Group (e.g. Silesian University of Technology)

increase in knowledge about emobility among business entities

3 events per 2012year 2015

entities of Local Support Group

creation of 100 users profile focused per year on e-mobility

since 2012

Direct objective:
Name and short description of action B.1 Introduction of new criterion to purchase procedures of City Hall vehicles emission of CO2 and other pollutions B.2 Purchase of electric vehicles for City Hall

B. Setting an example by adding as extra criterion for purchasing processes the parameter of CO2 emission and other pollutions and by use of electric vehicles by City Hall
Lead partner Cooperatin Expected g partners results Indicators Time Annual funds

Katowice City Hall

reduction of emission from the City Hall vehicles

including parameter since in internal 2012 documentat ion of City Hall by end of 2012

Katowice City Hall

entities of Local electric Support vehicle for Group City Hall (e.g. Silesian University of Technology) entities of Local Support Group (e.g. Silesian University of Technology) knowledge about economic and ecological aspects of electric vehicles use

1 electric vehicle

since 2012

buying cost 132 000,00 PLN funds from city budget

B.3 Exploitation of electric vehicles by City Hall (economic and ecological analysis)

Katowice City Hall

1 report

2013

operating costs funds from city budget28

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B.4 Promotion of results of actions B. 3

Katowice City Hall

increase of knowledge about economic and ecological aspects of electric vehicles use

1 press release

2013

Direct objective:
Name and short description of action C.1 Introduction of demo programme

C. Implementation of demonstration programmes assistance of Local Support Group members

Lead partner Cooperatin Expected g partner results Indicators Time Annual funds

with

Katowice City Hall

JB+R, companies

Testing electric vehicles in daily use

1 project completed

until 2013

operating costs in city budget

7.2 Creation of Charging Infrastructure

For the development of electric mobility market it is crucial to provide access to public charge points. It is anticipated that electric vehicles users in the first stage of market development will charge their vehicles mostly in garages or at homes during night hours as well as at workplace. This has been the experience of the advanced cities in EVUE, and an important learning point. The development of the network of charging stations should be realised in line with market conditions and all market members should have the possibility to participate in this process. At present there are no regulations determining which public and private entities can deal with this issue. The city aims to create charging infrastructure within its territory: it is implementing a current needs analysis regarding the development of charging infrastructure, it aims tocreate within the city area a pilot network of public charging stations and it will co-operate with entities interested in participation in the process, during the planning process the charging infrastructure aspects will be taken into consideration.

Silesian University of Technology, a member of the Local Support Group, is planning the first few activities related to the construction of charging infrastructure at the area of university. (See the Tab. 3b) Tab. 3b Table of action : 7.2 establishment of charging infrastructure A. Current needs analysis for development of charging infrastructure
Lead partner Cooperat Expected ing results partners Indicators Time Annual funds

Direct objective:
Name and short description of action
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Providing that a vehicle would be fuelled by electricity provided by internal installation of City Hall on ul. Myskiej 4 (tariff C22A) rough estimate for 100 km would amount to approx. 9,23 PLN, including VAT and fees e.g. distribution.

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Analysis of needs of the Silesian University of Technology as to upgrading of charging infrastructure for two existing electric vehicles

Silesian University of Technology, Centre of Prosumer Power Engineering

City Hall, Katowice

specification of requirements for upgrading of electric vehicles charging infrastructure

published reports, internal memos, presentations

until 2013

financed by Silesian Universit y of Technolo gy

Direct objective:

B. Establishment of innovative charging system for public use within the city and cooperation with entities interested in this process
Lead partner Cooperat Expected ing results partners City Hall, Katowice free access to charging station for electric vehicle users in Silesian University of Technology Indicators Time Annual funds financed by Silesian Universit y of Technolo gy

Name and short description of action Construction a prototype point of charging and replacement of electric vehicles together with the infrastructure "Smart Grid" at the Silesian University of Technology

Silesian University of Technology, Centre of Prosumer Power Engineering

charging station performance report

since 2013

Direct objective:
Name and short description of action Inclusion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the plans of reconstruction of car park of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Silesian University of Technology

C. Including processes
Lead partner

charging

infrastructure

aspects

in

planning
Annual funds financed by Silesian Universit y of Technolo gy

Cooperat Expected ing results partners City Hall, Katowice Expertise on essential electrical parameters of electric vehicles charging infrastructure

Indicators

Time

Silesian University of Technology, Centre of Prosumer Power Engineering

Guidelines on power levels selections, protective devices, communicatio n with charging infrastructure

since 2013

7.3 Creation of System of incentives for Electric Vehicles

In June 2012, the Ministry of Economy has prepared a document entitled "Conditions for the implementation of an integrated system of e-mobility in Poland." Experts from the automotive, energy and local government concluded its recommendations, so that the use of electric vehicles in our country should become more common. This document includes the three phases of the development of e-mobility in Poland: Phase I - current status - the current existing conditions and opportunities that do not require significant investments in material and regulatory structure of the power grid in the country. Phase II - transition state - is necessary to estimate the degree of market penetration of electric vehicles, which will need to adjust the network and production to the increased demand for energy. Phase III target state - taking into account the commercial form of electricity with the use of smart grids and the regulatory role of automotive batteries. This document provides recommendations for the development of e-mobility in Poland, including the following:

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1. It is proposed to accept that the charging system (terminals, battery replacement) will not be subject to the law of energy, and will provide implementation services on the open market. According to the authors of this document it would be better to release the business of providing vehicle charging services with the formal requirements such as the having a license to conduct business in the distribution and / or marketing of electricity, or the obligation to prepare and submit to approve tariffs for electricity to the regulatory authority - the President of the Energy Regulatory Authority . This will contribute to the development of infrastructure for charging (both fast and slow) of electric vehicles. 2. The model of the replace the battery for the medium-and long-distance is prefered among the many models of charging of electric vehicle. The current types of charging or recharging assume standard charging (AC) (from public or private terminals) and fast charge constant current (DC) or alternating high performance. The battery replacement, according to the authors of the document, open the way for co-financing this version of emobility by the energy sector without the need to extend a network for charging power. This solution can give that the electric power industry entities are able to use batteries in electric vehicles to improve the working conditions of the power grid. The battery of the electric vehicle will be seen as an energy store. 3. Ability to provide the V2G - service by the electric vehicles. It is expected that this solution will bring economic benefits to owners of electric vehicles. 4. It is proposed to accept the need for standardization of the relationship between EV and other automotive electricity market participants. According to the authors of the document should aim to agree and develop standards both in terms of connecting vehicles to the terminal and the removable battery charging and billing systems at the level of the European Union, and then implement the solutions adopted to national rules. 5. Construction of a network of public charging points. 6. Free or low-cost parking for electric cars. The document proposes to amend the law to allow municipalities flexible shaping user preferences for electric cars through to exempt them from paying parking fees or reduce their height. 7. The possibility of the use of bus lanes by electric cars. 8. The access to areas with limited movement for electric cars. 9. Consider the possibility of an exemption from the registration fee for electric vehicles. According to the authors it will require to make appropriate changes to national law. 10. Development of rules to facilitate the use of electric vehicles in the public transport and in the municipal services' fleet. 11. The use of electric vehicle identification stickers. 12. The use of a special marking places to charge electric vehicles. 13. Recognition of the possibility of constructing a system of incentives for the purchase and operation of electric vehicles. The consideration of the ability to provide consistent and long-term financial and tax policy on electric vehicles and electricity for these vehicles. Financial and tax incentives eg.: changing the tax system, subsidies to buyers of electric cars, preferential electricity prices, preferences in public procurement. 14. The need for a systematic campaign of dissemination of knowledge about electric drives and the possibility of their use. Having analysed the actions taken up by other European cities within EVUE Katowice has decided to implement an incentive system for electric vehicles. The system will include among others: exemption from parking fees and creation of parking spaces with charge points as part of the demonstration programmes. Tab. 3c Table of actions: 7.3 creation of encouragement system for electric vehicles usage Direct objective: A. Free of charge parking spaces for electric vehicles

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Action name and short description

Lead Partner

Cooperating Partners

Expected results

Indicators Time

Annual funds

Direct objective:
Action name and short description

B. Creation of parking spaces with charge points under the frame of demonstration programmes
Lead Partner Cooperating Partners Expected results Indicators Time Annual funds

8. Conclusions and Further Actions

The Local Action Plan is a document which determines the main directions of actions to be taken up by the city of Katowice regarding the electric mobility. The document will be further developed. It is planned also to continue the cooperation in this field with the entities included in the Local Support Group, and in European projects, such as the new Interreg IVC SUM partnership. The city plans also to continue the actions specified in the Local Action Plan by joining other projects and initiatives. A very important issue is the consequence in the implementation of the LAP in the future. This applies to entities responsible for carrying out the tasks, the provided funds and planned terms. Participation in the URBACT EVUE network has helped Katowice to develop a better understanding of how electric mobility can support its sustainable transport. The Local Action Plan reflects the first steps for the city towards this goal. Managing Authority is planning to support of electromobility in the Regional Operating Programme for the next programming period i.e.2014-2020. It is assumed that these activities should be part of a broader projects on integrated urban transport. Such projects should combine several elements: reconstruction of city centre as a hub, walking and cycling trails, electromobility infrastructure as well as replacement of public transport fleet.

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