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Founded in 2010, EVBox Group empowers forward-thinking businesses to build a sustainable future by providing flexible and scalable electric vehicle charging solutions.

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Response to Revision of Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive

4 May 2020

EVBox Group welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the IIA of the Directive on the Deployment of Alternative Fuels Infrastructure. Priority: Instrument Replace Directive with Regulation: Replacing the Directive with a Regulation will deliver an accelerated rollout of harmonised infrastructure, enlarged in scope for all types of EV charging across the EU. Priority: Scope Focus only on zero emission fuels & examine use cases for different fuel types: The Directive should prioritise only those options with the greatest potential to decarbonise road transport sector. The IA should analyse use-cases of different alternative fuels for different sectors. In this regard, electrification is the best option for reducing emissions across road transport. Public & private charging: The scope of the legislation should be widened to harmonise technical requirements and ensure an ambitious increase for public charging, private charging accessible to the public and private charging not accessible to the public. The IA should assess further defining “publicly accessible” and the inclusion of private charging in the Directive’s scope. Priority: Charging Network Coverage & targets Ambitious smart targets: The legislation should enable smart and targeted minimum coverage across the EU. Binding targets for Member States should be set and further weighted, factoring in aspects such as existing national needs and regional traffic & housing characteristics. The IA should examine regulatory barriers in national housing laws and practices that discourage EV adoption and look at best practices on EV charging and the ‘right to plug’. Heavy duty vehicles (HDV): The IA should address the requirements of electric HDVs (incl. vans & trucks) as their recharging requirements differ from light passenger vehicles. Appropriate coverage for HDVs across the EU road network and urban areas is key and synergies between the transport and energy sectors need to be promoted e.g. revision of TEN-T should be linked to TEN-E. The current Directive has been successful in harmonising the plug standard for cars and a revision should aim to deliver the same for HDVs. Priority: Interoperability, communication protocols & consumer information Open & interoperable: The IA should address any fragmentation or proprietary arrangements regarding standards, communication protocols and product design. Adoption of open, non-discriminatory and uniform communication protocols (e.g. OCPP and OCPI) and related standards are fundamental for the development of the EV market. Consumer-centric: The legislation should ensure there is 1. quality data for consumers irrespective of their networks and charging locations 2. interoperability and choice for authentication and payment systems and 3. price transparency in networks and via roaming to optimize driver experience. Priority: Smart Charging Increased focus & clear definition: The IA should assess the need to provide a clear definition of smart charging (e.g. V2X) and what this means in terms of functionality to ensure that new charging infrastructure is future-proof and ‘smart’. It should evaluate the potential of the normal charging segment to deliver consumer, environmental and societal energy system benefits. The legislation should also address the question of battery data access in order to deliver the benefits of smart charging. Priority: Market access, transparency & governance Market access: The IA should assess what market barriers exist for charging infrastructure players.It should clarify the role for Distribution System Operators (DSOs) in the marketplace, which should be limited to addressing specific market gaps, e.g. similar to the procedures outlined in the Electricity Market Design Directive (EU) 2019/944. Transparency & governance: The IA should examine how DSO processes can be adapted to speed up time to connection, permit procedures and provision of information to charging infrastructure businesses.
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