Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles have emerged as the frontrunner in the effort to decarbonise transport in UK and international markets.

Electric Vehicles have gained significant momentum in recent years, and the space now involves a range of traditional energy market players as well as new participants, such as fleet operators and automakers.

The size of the opportunity is large, with potential for innovative retail offerings, smart charging, and grid services.

At Pixie Energy, we examine the whole Electric Vehicle sector, distilling key trends, issues and opportunities into accessible reports, forums and training courses for our customers.

Our services in the EV space

  • Charged Up: Future Fleet is designed for fleet operators, leasing companies, charge point operators, DNOs and other organisations engaged in the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) in Great Britain. This quarterly report provides holistic market intelligence delivering insight on the dynamic EV sector, informed by industry leading market, policy and EV expertise. It comes with a weekly news bulletin service.
  • Electric Vehicle and Charging Infrastructure Forum – This Forum provides customers with commercial, regulatory and policy analysis on the latest developments impacting the EV charging market. Hosted every month, it also allows participants to share and discuss their own issues, concerns and best practice.
  • Understanding the EV Sector – At this training course, our market experts lead sessions covering the latest developments in the wider EV market, including fundamental policy & regulatory workstreams, smart charging solutions to manage local networks and investment in EV assets. Insight will also be given on value in the domestic and non-domestic retail sector, including vehicle-to-grid propositions, end-user market intelligence and future directions.

Recent insight

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) is considered a step beyond smart charging, unlocking system benefits for a range of market participants. A recent study by Element Energy, Vehicle to Grid Britain, assesses the opportunities for V2G in a changing GB energy system for residential customers.

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Total new sales in the UK car market appear to be stagnating with figures down by 2.5% on September 2018. However, despite contending with the disruptive impacts of Brexit, legacy confusion over fuel type following the Dieselgate Scandal, and uncertainty in the fleet space over future company car tax, electric vehicle (EV) sales have soared.

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The Energy Systems Catapult recently published a study, by low carbon energy consultancy Element Energy, Vehicle to Grid Britain. The study examines the long-term values available to users of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. V2G allows EV batteries to export energy to the networks, whether that be the home or business it is connected to, or the wider system. Vehicle owners could also capture value from grid services, as well as smart charging benefits which reduce the cost of importing energy by doing so at times of low cost.

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National Grid issued its 2019 Future Energy Scenarios forecasts on 11 July. This annual forecast provides detailed insight into the expected future energy system, against four scenarios across gas and electricity. National Grid use this data to plan the future transmission systems, but it gives a fascinating insight into likely future energy use.

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In the first quarter of 2019 (Q119), battery electric vehicle (BEV) registrations grew by 87.5% across the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), in comparison with the same quarter in the previous year.

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