April 2019
The ARENA co-funded project goal was to accelerate EV adoption, help to optimise infrastructure investment and help ensure that EVs are powered by renewable energy. This involved understanding behavioural barriers to adoption and suggesting interventions, understanding how EV’s will be used and where they will likely be charged and investigating how EVs can best integrate with local solar generation and the wider grid in South Australia.
South Australian participants were recruited through an EV public awareness platform named “Charge Together South Australia”. Quantitative and behavioural research was conducted including experimenting with interventions that may accelerate adoption. Monitoring of home energy usage and driving patterns provided data required to understand real-world behaviours.
Project deliverables include an understanding of measures required to stimulate adoption, data required to help plan infrastructure and total cost of ownership tools that demonstrate the benefits of electric vehicles when coupled with solar power and batteries
The project was led by Evenergi with project partners SA Power Networks, City of Adelaide, South Australian Government, Australian Electric Vehicle Association.
