Annual report on electric vehicle charging
About this good practice
The City of Stockholm has ambitious targets to phase out fossil fuels from transportation, reduce climate impacts and improve the local environment. The City has worked with electric vehicles for many years and since 2016 has compiled an annual report assessing the state of charging in Stockholm.
When introducing public charging infrastructure, it has been important to monitor progress and continually assess use patterns, in order to facilitate decision-making and improve related processes, e.g. planning, permitting, etc. Data is gathered, on a voluntary basis, from public and private stakeholders who provide charging infrastructure that is publicly-accessible, e.g. on-street chargers or chargers in parking garages. In 2023, data from around 770,000 charging sessions from almost 7,000 chargers was analysed, including e.g.
- The time of day charging sessions start and end;
- The distribution of sessions over days and months;
- How long sessions last and how much energy is transferred;
- Differences between locations;
- Differences between different types of chargers.
The report is an important reference point. The main beneficiaries are the City organisation (e.g. planners, parking company), the local grid operator and energy companies or charging service providers. These companies both provide data and benefit from the overview provided by the report. The approach used is easy for other municipalities to adopt as a decision-support tool.
Resources needed
The annual report is commissioned by the City. The cost has increased with time, as more data is available and more stakeholders are involved; working hours are required to collect and process data. The 2021 report cost €15000, for 2022 €17000, and for 2023 €20000.
Evidence of success
The report provides accurate and up-to-date information about the different charging providers, use patterns and more. The process is voluntary, yet its relevance is confirmed by the high level of participation (10 contributors in 2023). The provision of neutral information provides insights concerning e.g. charging prices, times or energy demand, making it possible to discuss and plan actions. The data is publicly-available and referred to in decisions made by the City and other actors.
Potential for learning or transfer
Stockholm's approach is frequently referred to as a good practice by other municipalities and municipal networks when discussing local implementation of charging infrastructure in urban areas. This good practice is of high relevance to municipalities across Europe, many of which are introducing electric vehicle charging infrastructure yet lack a systematic approach to data gathering to enable informed decision-making. The approach used by Stockholm is voluntary yet accepted by competing stakeholders in the local market. Stockholm has shared experiences on how to establish and maintain this process with many municipalities and EU projects, such as FastTrack, GreenCharge, eCharge4Drivers and more. In the REFOCUS project Stockholm will share experiences from this good practice along with other actions used to develop and improve the City's sustainable urban mobility plan, climate action plan and other relevant policy instruments.
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