VOLT - Paving the way for electric vehicles
As mobility continues to shift and change in our world today, ensuring adequate access to electric charging points is an ever-growing challenge facing city authorities and transport planners. Across the globe, sales of electric cars are racing forward and are predicted to account for every new car purchase by 2040. So how do our cities and urban areas accommodate the rapid influx of electric vehicles, while ensuring safe, secure, and sufficient access to charging points?
Royal HaskoningDHV has developed a platform – VOLT – to enable city authorities across the world to manage this challenge. VOLT helps to determine the optimal layout for charging infrastructure – from how many charging stations that are required to their locations – and guide future planning, resulting in optimal access to a public charging network.
By embracing insights and taking the steps to plan, design and organise their charging infrastructure, cities can forge strong foundations to encourage and accommodate the growth of electric vehicles – while maintaining control over investment and development at a public and private level.
With electric vehicle numbers set to rise rapidly, city authorities and transport planners must prepare charging stations in a more cohesive manner so that they are accessible and available, all while still maintaining a liveable, aesthetically pleasing city.
Electric vehicles – firmly on the road ahead
Electric vehicles are gaining momentum – bringing benefits such as increased sustainability, improved liveability, and significantly reduced pollution levels, ensuring cleaner, greener air in our cities. However, it’s no secret that currently charging stations and additional charging infrastructure are not always well regulated or coordinated.By embracing insights and taking the steps to plan, design and organise their charging infrastructure, cities can forge strong foundations to encourage and accommodate the growth of electric vehicles – while maintaining control over investment and development at a public and private level.
With electric vehicle numbers set to rise rapidly, city authorities and transport planners must prepare charging stations in a more cohesive manner so that they are accessible and available, all while still maintaining a liveable, aesthetically pleasing city.
VOLT can
Provide a clear and concise overview on the quantity, location and charging requirements across the city
Seamless user interface where city authorities can easily change the predicted number of charging stations and their distribution across the city.
Ensure infrastructure meets the needs of the public, and helps drive the adoption of electric vehicles
Introducing VOLT
VOLT helps to predict and meet the charging demand for the rise in electric vehicles. The solution identifies the best locations for charging points based on a range of factors, from available space and street furniture to access and distance to the electricity grid.
All this data comes from widely accepted third-party sources, both national and local. At Royal HaskoningDHV, we enrich this data with insights based on our domain knowledge in sustainable mobility to further optimise the flow of traffic in and around the city.
All this data comes from widely accepted third-party sources, both national and local. At Royal HaskoningDHV, we enrich this data with insights based on our domain knowledge in sustainable mobility to further optimise the flow of traffic in and around the city.
Webinar: Implementation pathways to accelerate EV adoption
As the world accelerates towards a greener future, Electric Vehicles (EVs) are leading the charge. We hosted experts from global institutions including the Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, ITP, and more in a webinar to share invaluable insights, challenges and opportunities on the road to implementation. Topics covered include:
- Overcoming infrastructure challenges in Europe and Asia
- Using technology, like VOLT, in driving EV adoption
- Maximising investment in EV infrastructure
With clear data and insights, VOLT also provides residents the opportunity to review and deliver valuable feedback to city authorities and transport planners, letting communities have a say and share in the vision for more sustainable modes of transport in and around their cities.
In addition, VOLT increases the quality and planning of public space by integrating the required charging infrastructure into our cities and communities in the most efficient way. City authorities can – via a dynamic, real-time dashboard - gain insights into optimal locations and the required distribution which helps make informed decisions so that our cities and public spaces are kept liveable, functional, and beautiful.
In addition, VOLT increases the quality and planning of public space by integrating the required charging infrastructure into our cities and communities in the most efficient way. City authorities can – via a dynamic, real-time dashboard - gain insights into optimal locations and the required distribution which helps make informed decisions so that our cities and public spaces are kept liveable, functional, and beautiful.
VOLT provides us a clear overview of the required charging infrastructure and suitable locations. It also helps with participation among residents and to manage to realization of the charging stations.
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