The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Dundee impresses the world with its EV offering
The city of Dundee hosted a major event earlier this month as part of COP26 to encourage other nations to ‘join the EV revolution’.
The two-day Electric Vehicle Initiative (EVI) Pilot City Forum was staged at the city’s Apex Hotel on November 8th and 9th to spark discussions between leading global cities on the uptake of electric mobility.
Given that it is already leading the way as an ‘electric city’, there was no better city to host the event than Dundee. So, as part of the programme of events, a Tour of Dundee City was top of the agenda. This showcased the city’s latest development in EV infrastructure and included a number of site visits for delegates.
One attendee, Ghanaian energy analyst Doris Edem Agbevivi was blown away by the city’s setup.
The project coordinator for Ghana’s E-mobility Initiative said: “In Ghana, like many other African countries, we are at the beginning of an electric vehicle revolution and the conference was the perfect opportunity to learn, interact and network.
“It gave me a fast track opportunity to travel to several countries to learn from them all from a conference room – a crash course of E-mobility: vehicles, charging and international collaboration.
“My personal highlight was the Dundee city tour of EV charging stations – what I saw and experienced from all the charging hubs will stay with me for ages to come. I appreciate the city council for allowing us to see the fruit of its 11 years of work.”
Councillor Mark Flynn spoke at the forum before
discussions seeking to answer questions including ‘what policies are most urgently needed to enable greater EV adoption in cities?’
A number of other guest speakers attended and they included Transport Scotland, Dundee City Council, SSE, Urban Foresight, OZEV and SWARCO, which has been
a big player in Dundee’s EV infrastructure and a huge supporter of the Drive Dundee Electric campaign.
The form was part of the Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI) Global EV Pilot City Programme which aims to build a network of at least 100 cities to work together on the promotion of electric mobility.