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The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electricA plan for a quieter, cleaner & greener London
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
Mike Tuffrey AM
020 7983 4362
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
The Big Switch
London’s buses, taxis and vans still mostly run ondiesel. They shouldn’t. Air pollution from trafficcauses huge health problems, and makes Londona dirty, noisy city. That needs to change.
Our plan shows how all of London’s busesand taxis, and most commercial vans, could
run on electricity by 2020. It’s possible.
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
The Problem
• Air pollution- 4,200 premature deaths
- 700,000 asthma sufferers in London
- Economic cost of the health impacts of poor air quality in London as high as £2 billion
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
- Impact on children
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
The Problem
• Rising fuel prices
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
The Opportunity
Bus operators in London will spend £1.7 billion on diesel fuel in the next 10 years.
The power for electric buses would cost £280 million.
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
The Opportunity
• Tighter standards
for LGVS
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
The Opportunity
• Age limitsfor blackcabs
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
The Opportunity
• Vehicles available
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
The Opportunity
• Vehicles available
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
The Big Switch
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
• 8,500 buses
• 21,000 taxis
• Half a million vans (but over half are in commercial fleets)
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
Benefits – saving money
Taxi driver £2,500 better off per year
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
Benefits – saving money
Bus fleet – annual fuel cost savings nearly £150m
by 2020
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
Benefits – saving money
Vans – annual savings of £3,000 or more
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
The recharging network
• Our plan: installation of 500 standard and 500 high capacity chargers per year from 2012 until 2016
• Annual cost of £11m, and a total final
cost of £55m
• Paid for by savings in bus fuel costs
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
Benefits – saving lives
Reductions in air pollution:
• Oxford Street: 65% reduction of NO2 27% reduction local PM10
• Across London: 34% reduction of NO2 25% reduction local PM10
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
Benefits – saving lives
Reductions in air pollution improve health.
Making The Big Switch could save 600-1000 lives
each year
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
The Benefits
• Saves CO2 – 300,000 Tonnes
• Quieter
• Cleaner
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
New Routemaster = £7.5m
5 Hydrogen = £7.5m
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
Challenges
• Recharging network
• Reinsurance scheme
• Taxi turning circle
• Double decker retrofit
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electric
The Big Switch: turning London’s buses and taxis electricA plan for a quieter, cleaner & greener London