The European Green Plan sets ambitious goals for all members of the Union, which are important to fulfill in order to respond to today’s greatest challenge: climate change. One of its most important areas, along with, of course, efficient and rational use of energy, is the transition to green mobility, which includes electric vehicles and the infrastructure for charging them.
According to the European Commission’s “Ready for 55” legislative package, road traffic is moving towards zero-emission mobility by 2050, including reducing average emissions from new cars by 55 percent by 2030.
It is also important to note that, in accordance with the new and amended directives ETS (European Emissions Trading System), EED (Energy Efficiency Directive) and EPBD (Energy Performance of Buildings Directive), road traffic will be included in the emissions trading system . Darko Zeljković, who at “Schneider Electric” is responsible for the further development of e-mobility in Southeast Europe, talks about green mobility.
In the context of new and amended directives, from Schneider Electric’s point of view, what awaits us in the field of green mobility?
– The new obligations facing us as producers, buyers and consumers will lead to a significant increase in the use of electric cars. Statistics show that in the European Union, the number of electric vehicles sold is growing three times faster than the number of chargers for those same vehicles. That is why it is necessary to start building the infrastructure for charging vehicles for short and long trips in our region. When it comes to infrastructure, we must be aware that it includes not only publicly accessible areas but also private areas, i.e. private connections.
The leaders of the current wave of traffic electrification in Serbia and Montenegro are primarily companies that are increasingly introducing electric vehicles to their company car fleets and equipping their existing garages and parking spaces with adequate chargers. One of them is our company “Schneider Electric”, which, as a signatory of the global initiative EV100, has the ambition to completely replace its vehicle fleet with electric vehicles by 2030. In addition to them, a significant role is played by hotels, catering facilities, shopping centers, public garages and parking spaces, which want to provide “more service” to their users.
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We are aware that publicly available chargers will not be able to meet the charging needs of electric cars. Can we expect them in private buildings and houses?
– It is very important to develop a network of publicly accessible chargers along highways, near intersections of key roads and public transport stations. Here, we should highlight the great importance of domestic companies (“Charging Point Operators” and “eMobility Service Providers”), which in previous years, regardless of the small number of electric cars registered in Serbia, recognized this need and started or continued their business in the direction of infrastructure development charger. Thanks to them, today we have around 150 chargers available in Serbia and around 30 in Montenegro through their networks and applications for charging and payment.
The efforts of JP “Roads of Serbia” to expand its network of publicly accessible chargers along the main road routes in Serbia, which currently has eight fast chargers, by the end of this year from a new 50, and by the end of 2025 to a total of 114 fast chargers, are commendable. chargers of different powers.
I hope that their intentions will come true, which, together with the already mentioned domestic companies, will provide drivers of electric vehicles, especially during the summer months, when a large number of transit passengers from Europe are on our roads, a safe and secure ride, i.e. a user experience of the highest level.
What I want to emphasize is that the latest amendments to the Law on Planning and Construction of the Republic of Serbia will significantly contribute to the further development of infrastructure and the increase in the number of chargers in residential buildings, commercial buildings and along roads. Commercial, multi-apartment buildings and houses play a big role in securing the infrastructure because vehicles are regularly parked there for long periods of time.
Cars with internal combustion engines are usually charged on the road. Expert estimates show that in the future even 90 percent of electric car charging will be at the destination, at home or at work. Charging at the destination will increase electricity consumption by 40 percent in buildings, and this ultimately leads to an increase in electricity costs for each building, that is, for each household. That is why right now is an ideal opportunity for buildings undergoing some type of renovation to adapt to the future increased consumption of electricity and the need to prepare installations for electric vehicle chargers.
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Source: energetskiportal.rs
