Fleet Management (electric vehicles)

Emily Boucher Team Leader Environmental Planning

Outline

• Context • Fleet management• Electric vehicles • Behaviour change – Rick from SECCCA

City of Kingston

Corporate Emissions

Buildings39%

Streetlights37%

Fleet6%

Water1%

Waste17%

Fleet

• Actions done to date:– Reduced cylinder size– Reduced total number of vehicles– Trialled Electric Vehicles

• Now focus on driver behaviour (more about that later)

Electric Vehicle Trial by DOT

“The Electric Vehicle Trial will make Victoria an electric vehicle-friendly place through improved awareness, understanding and acceptance of electric vehicles.”

Key considerations

Operational requirements (directly linked to vehicle)

Existing vehicle booking practices

Location of charge-point

The VehiclesiMiEV (EVie)

The Vehicles LEAF

The Vehicles Plug in Prius

12 month lease

Kingston Electric Vehicles

• Our learnings:– Induction into vehicle greatly helped

manage staff anxiety regarding range– Managing booking and re-charge time

is easy – Electric Vehicles are easy to integrate

depending on Council operational requirements

Driver Behaviour