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The Road to Electrification: Smart Parking Can Help Make It Happen
On March 16th, Cleverciti, Element Energy, Trojan Energy & British Parking Association co-hosted the webinar: “The road to electrification: how parking data can assist Local Authorities with electric transition and beyond.”
The speaker panel consisted of:
- Chris Heddle, Country Manager UK & Ireland at Cleverciti
- David Parker, COO at Cleverciti
- Sarah Clements, Senior Consultant at Element Energy
- Hugh Mackenzie, COO at Trojan Energy
- Julian O'Kelly, PhD, Head of Technology, Innovation and Research at the British Parking Association(BPA)
During the webinar, which was attended by 52 representatives of local authorities from the UK, Chris Heddle from Cleverciti took on the role of moderator and led the conversation around the switch to electric vehicles in cities and how smart parking can help local authorities during the transition.
The next speaker, Ms. Clements from Element Energy, which is a consultancy that only works on low and zero-emission projects with local authorities (LA), gave an example of a project that they did to support LAs on their road to electrification: an analysis for the Birmingham city council to assess taxi demand to determine where charging points should be located.
Mr. MacKenzie from Trojan Energy shared how their EV charging solution works. The connector is a charging point that is located a few centimeters from the edge of the curb and is hidden in the pavement. When a user accesses its personal lance, the charger rises and is ready for use. In addition to that, Trojan recently teamed up with Cleverciti to tackle another challenge concerning on-street charging without EV-only bays: the blocking of parking spaces by non-EV vehicles. This is done by installing Cleverciti Sensors on lampposts that monitor parking availability in real-time.
Last but not least, Mr. Heddle shared how parking data can assist LAs with electrification and beyond. The parking pressure today is huge: 95% of the time a car is parked and 44 hours are wasted searching for a parking space. As a result, 34% of drivers resort to negative behavior. Smart parking helps overcome this challenge by applying Cleverciti’s technology that monitors and stimulates compliance.
It is safe to say that when you combine EV infrastructure with smart parking data, that is when the puzzle truly comes together. By combining both, local authorities can encourage correct use of space and notify EV drivers of charging bays becoming available.
Full Recording
The full recording of the event can be viewed below:
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The Ultimate Smart City Parking Guide 2021
Munich, February 19th 2021 - Cleverciti is proud to announce the publication of the Ultimate Smart City Parking Guide 2021. That is why we’ve decided to gather all the stats and put down our knowledge and share it with you through this essential Smart City Parking Guide.
Why an Ultimate Smart City Parking Guide?
Because smart cities are becoming both increasingly popular and important. Smart cities are the future and smart parking plays a vital part in the development of smart cities.
What can you expect from the Ultimate Smart City Parking Guide 2021?
- A detailed analysis of the challenges that cities face today
- Real solutions that tackle these challenges
- The influence of climate change on the development of smart cities
- Insights into the future of smart cities in 2021 and beyond
- The role of smart parking in the development of smart cities
- Emission reduction due to smart parking
- Concrete use cases of smart parking solutions in smart cities