Cahiers de recherche de la Chaire de gestion de l’énergie – HEC Montréal

Numéro 01|2015

Résumé

CaptureTransport electrification got into the political agenda of Governments around the world as a promising mean to achieve sustainable development goals, mainly through decarbonisation and improving efficiency of the transport sector. Electric vehicles come in many flavours. Whilst, the most appealing ones from the sustainability point-of-view are the so-called battery electric vehicles (BEVs), which run 100% on electricity.

From time to time, it’s necessary to plug BEVs to the electric grid to have their batteries recharged, what raises concerns from Electricity Regulators. Most concerns relate to the development of the necessary charging infrastructure, both private and public accessible. Questions such as: Who should pay for the new infrastructure? What kind of regulation is necessary? Should the charging business be considered a sale of electricity or a different business outside the electricity sector?

Depending on the answers to the above questions, different market structures may apply. A set of public policy incentives is also necessary since BEVs still lack some functionality to become perfect substitutes to conventional gasoline and diesel vehicles and have a significantly higher acquisition price.

Bearing these issues in mind, the experiences of the most advanced Canadian Provinces in transport electrification (Québec, British Columbina and Ontario) are analyzed, as well as the current situation in Brazil. Despite localized success initiatives, many challenges still hold to large-scale adoption of plug-in electric vehicles.

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Hardinge-Bailey de Amorim, R., « Electric mobility : Motivations, approaches and the cases of Canada and Brazil », Cahiers de recherche de la Chaire de gestion du secteur de l’énergie, HEC Montréal, numéro 01|2015, avril 2015.

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