Mini seminar Emission-free driving

The first thing attendees saw upon entering were the electric cars, set up in front of the Clean Mobility Centre. Not only electric cars, but also a hydrogen car, the Hyundai Nexo. All these cars could be test driven on the IPKW site. This was gratefully taken advantage of. It was a pity that the maximum speed on the terrain was limited to 25 km/hour. With a Tesla Model X, you can reach that in less than a second!

Marion Braams talked about the role of the Clean Mobility Centre in the context of clean mobility. The world is changing, with 65% of the population living in cities by 2040. Already, 1.3 million people worldwide are moving to big cities every week. This has major consequences, how do you keep people mobile and how do you keep the air clean. Very important here: awareness and thinking differently. Also, certain things will be enforced by law, environmental zones and zero-emission transport, as stipulated in the Climate Accord 2018.

Dajo Fernandes explained that DHL' s target in 2050 is completely emission-free. This is quite a challenge, as the flow of parcel delivery is only growing. DHL has started making its transport to consumers emission-free by deploying the street scooter. This is not a scooter but an electric van made especially for DHL. DHL is also experimenting with different forms of "cargo bikes".

If you look at air quality and climate change, you end up with electric traffic and transport. Rob Kroon of Fier Automotive explained that this is quite possible in many cases. However, there is an important exception to this, namely regional and international transport. The route of trucks is not predictable and therefore electric propulsion is not an option. If the route is known, at more than 15,000 km it is cheaper to drive electric compared to diesel.

VDL has fully committed to electric buses. Jan van Meijl explained how fast this has gone. In 2016, they started with 43 buses in Eindhoven. Currently, 270 buses are already driving around. The Citea bus is the market leader in Europe. Electric buses are charged at night in the depot. During the day, they are recharged at the terminus. Charging is done via a pantograph, an 'arm' that raises from the roof of the bus when the bus is under a charging pole. A fully charged bus has enough capacity to continue driving during rush hour without recharging. Proper attention also needs to be paid to the charging infrastructure. For Amsterdam and the surrounding area, you are already talking about a total necessary capacity of 13 MW.

Hydrogen trains. Because it is very expensive to electrify all routes, many diesel trains are running. This is not sustainable. Erik Geensen explained that this has been taken up by Alstom. They have developed a hydrogen train, the Coradia iLint. This can travel 1,000 kilometres with a full tank at a maximum speed of 140 kilometres per hour. Two of these trains are currently running around Bremerhaven. Next year, a trial will start between Groningen and Leeuwarden. Before they start running, a maintenance workshop will have to be set up and the supply of hydrogen will have to be arranged. TheCO2 reduction depends on how the electricity needed for hydrogen production is made.

Frank Verhulst of Allego indicated that there are a number of "blockers" for electric transport: price, range and charging time. Nevertheless, the number of electric cars is expected to double in the near future, with more and more models being added. All these vehicles need to be "powered". In Western Europe, there are more and more charging points, which, with a range of about 300 km, makes traversing this part of Europe no longer a problem.

The second part of "Emission-free driving" consisted of answering specific questions from the speakers in workshops. This led to interesting results.

Finally, a brief evaluation of this seminar: informative, interactive, to the point, worthwhile!

Description

This seminar is organised in cooperation with Automotive of the Arnhem and Nijmegen University of Applied Sciences and the Clean Mobility Center (CMC)

The five topics are:

1. Zerro Emission (Z.E.) logistics transport [Streetscooter]
2. Total Cost of Ownership calculations when switching to Z.E. [Fier Automotive]
3. Heavy Duty freight transport and buses (BEV & FCEV) [VDL]
4. Hydrogen trains and ancillary infrastructure [Alsthom]
5. Energy supply for charging infrastructure and grid load [Elaad]
[companies under reservation]

Programme:

12:00 Reception, lunch and items of interest *)
14:00 Opening plenary + explaining & installing app, by the chairman of the day [Arnold Groot, KIVI]
14:05 What does CMC do [Marion Braams, director CMC]
14:15 Pitch Speaker 1
14:30 Pitch Speaker 2
14:45 Pitch Speaker 3
15:00 PAUSE with drink and snack
15:30 Pitch Speaker 4
15:45 Pitch Speaker 5
16:00 Start of workshops in 10 groups **)
16:30 Pitches of 10 groups, max. 2 minutes per group
17:00 Final Conclusion [Bram Veenhuizen, lector Automotive HAN]
17:10 Closing, networking drinks [Arnold Groot]
18:00 End

*) items of interest include:
- Z.E. vehicles
- Light Emission Vehicles
- Test drives
- Student race teams
- Ect.

**) Workshops:
- In groups of up to 10 people
- Indicate 1st, 2nd, 3rd priority at the invitation
- The groups will be given a question
- The speakers are part of the group (1 to 5) + 5 additional table chairs

Location

Clean Mobility Center on the grounds of IPKW

Westervoortsedijk 73, 6827 AV Arnhem

Organiser

Region Gelderland

Name and contact details for information

Gerard Thomas

gerard.thomas@hetnet.nl