Tyndall Manchester would like to invite you to attend the next talk in our seminar series
‘To EV or not to EV? Choices and trade-offs on the path to a decarbonised transport sector’
by Dr. Jillian Anable, Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Transport Research at the University of Aberdeen.
Many different carbon plans,
climate change reviews, and transport and energy White Papers over the
past decade or so have proposed more or less similar packages of
policies to ensure the transport sector 'pulls its weight'
in climate change policy in the UK.
These have emphasised developments
in vehicle technology and fuels and associated fiscal incentivisation,
with relatively little attention given to the management and reduction
of travel demand. In recent years, however,
the attention given to the 'technical fix' has intensified as most of
the policy effort and expectation has been increasingly placed on
projections of plug-in electric vehicle uptake.
This talk will suggest that the
recent focus on electric vehicle technology could result in more carbon
emissions over the long run. It will review current proposals and
projections for the uptake of these vehicles in
the UK and elsewhere.
By drawing on recent work for the Energy
Technologies Institute and the Committee on Climate Change, including
research on the psychology of vehicle choice, it will offer an
understanding of the real role that electric vehicles are likely
to play in future patterns of mobility and car ownership. By reviewing
the recent policy direction and evidence on potential EV uptake, it will
pose and attempt to answer the question: have EVs damaged transport and
climate change policy?
When: 4pm, Wednesday 22nd May
Where: Room C1, George Begg Building, Sackville Street, Manchester, M13 9PL
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