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Decarbonising transport - Over EUR 424 million of EU funding to boost zero-emission mobility. The EU will support 42 projects for the roll-out of alternative fuels supply infrastructure. They have been selected under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the EU funding programme supporting European transport infrastructure. This funding is coupled with financing from major financial institutions to achieve a higher impact of the EU grants. With this selection, AFIF will support approximately 4,200 electric recharging points along the European TEN-T road network, 48 hydrogen refuelling stations for cars, trucks and buses and the electrification of ground handling services in 21 airports.  #transport #infrastructure https://lnkd.in/g5NVXtg8

AA$36.5 million has been set aside to provide 10,000 rebates worth A$3,500 to customers who buy a new electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicle up to a value of A$70,000, and A$23 million for the WA EV Network to build fast-charging stations along major travel routes. The same grant system will also provide $10 million for not-for-profit and SMEs to install charging infrastructure. Another $4 million will be used to install charging infrastructure at train stations. Interestingly, the subsidy covers fuel cell cars (the Toyota Mirai costs about A$60,000, and the FCEV Toyota Hia-Ace may cost even more). Overall, The Western Australia State Government will invest over A$200 million into electric vehicle adoption and charging infrastructure for the state. Additional funds have been set for the acquisition of electric buses https://lnkd.in/dAiQgwxM

29 Feb 2024 / Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport -- The European Commission is today launching a call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility – Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (#AFIF). €1 billion is available to support the deployment of alternative fuels supply infrastructure for road, maritime, inland waterway and air transport along TEN-T, the trans-European transport network: #Road network: support for high-power electricity recharging stations and hydrogen refuelling stations, and for megawatt recharging stations for Heavy Duty Vehicles  #Airports: support for electricity and hydrogen supply  #Ports: support for electricity and hydrogen supply, and for the first time for ammonia and methanol bunkering facilities. Commissioner for Transport, Adina Vălean, said: "The increasing number of applications for the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility confirms the relevance of this funding tool for the European transport sector. The call we open today makes a further €1 billion available to fund the roll-out of infrastructure for alternative fuels on roads, including for urban city transport, in ports, and at airports across the Union. This can be an important gap bridging for the massive investments needed to deliver a sustainable and accessible electric vehicle infrastructure, and I strongly encourage all Member States, and in particular those in Eastern and Southern Europe, to make use of it." This second phase of AFIF (2024-2025) will support accessible electric recharging points and hydrogen refuelling stations across the European Union's main transport corridors and hubs. This aligns with the objectives of the new Regulation for the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (AFIR) regarding publicly available recharging points, as well as those of ReFuelEU aviation and FuelEU maritime. Applicants can submit their proposals before any of the three cut-off dates: 24 September 2024, 11 June 2025, and 17 December 2025. *Source: https://lnkd.in/eERCRrNG

$1 Trillion Required to Electrify U.S. Commercial Truck Fleet : A new report by the Clean Freight Coalition pegs the total cost of U.S. commercial truck fleet electrification at nearly $1 trillion in infrastructure investment alone, exposing what could be a massive investment gap as policymakers persist with EV adoption mandates. Key findings: $620 billion would be required in charging infrastructure alone, including chargers, site infrastructure and electric service upgrades. Utilities would need to invest $370 billion to upgrade their grid networks to meet the demands of just commercial vehicles. This nearly $1 trillion expenditure does not account for the cost of new battery-electric trucks, which can be two to three times more expensive than their diesel-powered equivalents. For example, a diesel Class 8 truck costs roughly $180,000, while a comparable battery-electric truck costs over $400,000. The CFC urges policymakers to address these cost concerns and infrastructure hurdles so that the transition to electric fleets can go smoothly for the American economy. Dr. Wilfried Aulbur, Senior Partner at Roland Berger, says “It is clear that an industry with a yearly turnover of about $800 billion and a profit margin around 5% cannot invest $620 billion without financial support or a significant increase in freight rates.” https://lnkd.in/eZQeJiHK

EBRD Lends €20 Million To Allego For EV Charging Stations In Poland The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending €20 million to Allego, a leading European charge point operator, to finance the construction of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Poland. This funding will support Allego’s efforts to decarbonise the Trans-European Transport Network with backing from the CEF-Transport Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility. Allego, which currently owns and operates 35,000 public charging ports across 16 European countries, plans to install and operate 200 light and heavy-duty EV charging points at 50 locations throughout Poland. This initiative is part of Allego’s broader strategy to expand its footprint in European markets. Accelerating […] - https://lnkd.in/d_y_XE5S #automotive #evs #ev #electricmobility #emobility #ebikes #fleets #evfleet #evnews #autonews #electricvehicles #electricvehicle #automotiveindustry #automotivejobs #cleantech #cleanenergy #hydrogen #lithium #evbattery #sustainability #climatechange #allego #electricvehicles #europe #europeanbankforreconstructionanddevelopment #ev #evchargingstation #poland

The Dutch state secretary for infrastructure, Chris Jansen, recently attended a Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) demonstration with his German counterpart and sees potential in the new tech. Result of a sophisticated German lobby. The DAC tech is very expensive tech push that, without massive state aid for the replacement and conversion of the rail vehicle fleet (wagons and locomotives), cannot create a positive business case and that does not provide added value for freight trains (the majority of the commercial freight trains) that run in a fixed composition. The #DAC is interesting for the (to a major extent German) supplying industry of rolling stock and components and a heavily subsidized state rail freight transport company. DAC massively increases the costs of rolling stock and leads to accelerated depreciation and decommissioning of existing (even modern) stock. Please, avoid the same mistakes that were made with ERTMS, certainly in the Netherlands. The commercial rail freight transport sector needs assets that are affordable, efficient, and reliable. Unaffordable tech push only prices rail freight transport further out of the market. Product development must be focused on customer value for rail (transportation) users. Taxpayer money can only be spent once. Commercial rail freight transport has (urgent) other priorities to reverse the fully underway reverse modal shift to cheap and highly competitive road transport and to be able to grow commercially and economically healthy. See: https://lnkd.in/eCP9zyXB and https://lnkd.in/eq7k-dvU The Netherlands has no supplying rail industry, so should not burn Dutch tax money on DAC anyway. The German government with its own state rail freight company is perfectly capable of financing this itself to keep the structurally unprofitable Single Wagon Load transport going and not losing this cargo to road transport, combined transport by rail and innovative commercial logistics rail transport services. Who wants to be a dinosaur? Why not spend our taxpayer money usefully? Why not the political and policy focus on and decisiveness for realizing a healthy market operation on an interoperable and competitive European rail network with room for entrepreneurs and a level playing field? Chris Jansen: There is an urgency to act rather than rushing forward to the DAC. See: https://lnkd.in/exwC_UNX Let’s make rail freight great again! #railfreight #combinedtransport #sustainabletransport #youbuywesupply

It's a very valid point. How can we expect to decarbonise the transport sector if there isn't the electric charging infrastructure to support it?

🆕 CEF Transport: Romania requests €54 mil for Alternative Fuel Infrastructure ⚡️🚗 🔋✅We've submitted 4 project proposals requesting over €54 mil in #EUfunding for alternative fuel supply infrastructure through the CEF Transport Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (#AFIF). ✅ If selected, this funding will support the installation of 165 charging points with a minimum power of 150 kW each and 442 charging points with a minimum power of 350 kW each by 2027. ⚡️🔋💡 This investment will significantly expand Romania's electric vehicle charging network, making it easier for drivers to adopt cleaner transportation options. The evaluation results will be announced in the first quarter of 2025. #CEFTransport #AFIF #eufunding #electricvehicles #Romania #greenenergy

Calls for mandating accessible EV charging infrastructure continue to grow with government urged to act Calls for all public electric vehicle (EV) charging sites to have accessible charging mandated are growing louder with Baroness Jenny Randerson backing the likes of ChargeSafe, Motability Foundation and RECHARGE UK in calling for Government action.    Baroness Randerson has highlighted the importance of providing accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure after attending a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Electric Vehicles, where MPs and attendees heard from representatives from Motability Foundation, Motability Operations and ChargeSafe.    They spoke about providing an inclusive experience for people with accessibility needs, and the mandating of BSI PAS 1899:2022* – a British specification giving designers, procurers, and installers essential specifications on how to provide accessible public charge points for electric vehicles, which was co-sponsored by the Motability Foundation and UK Government.   British Standards are voluntary unless referred to in legislation, so at present charge point providers, landowners and land administrators are under no legal obligation to conform with PAS 1899. Read the full story on the Transport + Energy website: https://lnkd.in/dEZWcVZf REA, Matthew Adams, Motability Foundation, Catherine Marris, ChargeSafe, Kate Tyrrell, Michael P., UK House of Lords Motability Operations Ltd, Bill Esterson, Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom, Jonathan Jenkins, Felicity Kelly Mark Constable, Neil Durno, Claire Miller, James Court, EVA England, FairCharge, Quentin Willson, Nina Skorupska CBE FEI ChargeUK, Ian Trott #transport #energy #electricvehicles #charging #accessibility

🔵 €1.4 billion to support Poland's eHDV sector and vehicle charging infrastructure   📈 Poland has received approvals from the European Investment Bank for aid programs amounting a total of nearly €1.5 billion. The funds will be used to develop high-power charging infrastructure, as well as to support the purchase of heavy-duty electric vehicles (N2 and N3 category).   🛣 The approval of the subsidiary program (called “Support for the purchase or lease of zero-emission vehicles of the N2 and N3 categories”) is an important step in the transformation of the heavy transport sector. The TSL industry has long been waiting for this decision. Thanks to the program, transport companies will be able to modernize their fleets, which will contribute to increasing their competitiveness in the European market. 💬 "Poland, despite its leading position in heavy transport, has still not started the transformation of its heavy-duty fleet to zero-emission with sufficient speed, which in the coming years could lead into transport exclusion in the extreme. Currently, there are only about 100 electric heavy-duty vehicles (eHDVs) on Polish roads" – explains Piotr Ziółkowski, PSNM Committee Coordinator for Logistics and Transportation.   🚚 The TSL industry accounts for 6% of Poland's GDP, bringing together 125,000 companies, employing around 750,000 people.   👉 The EIB has also approved a program called “Construction/expansion of power grids for public high-power charging stations”. Its goal is to develop power infrastructure to support the establishment of public charging stations located along major TEN-T routes, in logistics centers, operational bases and intermodal terminals. The program's budget is also €465 billion (PLN 2 billion).