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Business Fleet exchange towards electric drivetrain programme
Published on 10 December 2018
Austria
Kärnten
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About this good practice
The aim has been to reduce the CO2 emission in Carinthia's traffic system by changing replacing the drivetrain from combustion to CO2 free technologies.
Since we cannot oblige companies to change their fleets, we have to do this first as an example and positive motivation for companies to change their fleets towards electrical drivetrains. So Carinthia changed the first 25 Cars of its regional business fleet to electric.
Since we cannot oblige companies to change their fleets, we have to do this first as an example and positive motivation for companies to change their fleets towards electrical drivetrains. So Carinthia changed the first 25 Cars of its regional business fleet to electric.
Expert opinion
Electric vehicles (EVs) are one of the cornerstones to decarbonising transport, but uptake remains slow – only 1.5% of all new car registrations in the EU in 2017 were EVs. Public procurement is often highlighted as one tool to stimulate the market. Not only can regions such as Carinthia act as role models by switching their fleet to EVs, they also create buying power and will eventually help to develop the second hand EV market.
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Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform
Resources needed
Only the amount due to buy the 25 electric cars.
Evidence of success
The RG of Carinthia showed, in the “safe frame” of the public hands, that the change from gasoline or diesel towards current is not only a benefit for the climate, but it is also a benefit for the profit of private companies caused by a lower total cost.
Potential for learning or transfer
Carinthia is the first region in Austria that changed more than one car to electric, and the total of the plan is to change one third of the whole fleet (100 electric cars), and also to reduce the fleet by one third.
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Organisation
Regional Government of Carinthia
Austria
Kärnten
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