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“ Vehicle costs are coming down ,” says Clarke . “ The total cost of ownership is very important . So , we can make people aware of the fact that capital costs of the vehicles might be higher , but the running cost is so much lower . You club those two things together and you ’ ll find that electric vehicles are cheaper to run than the petrol or diesel equivalents .”
This point is further explained as Kochman reiterates some of the differences between business locations , frequent routes , and overall operations with reference to low impact zones . “THEY ’ RE CLEARLY PART OF THE JIGSAW AND IT ALSO DEPENDS WHAT TARGETS WE ’ RE TALKING ABOUT ”
MARTIN KOCHMAN
“ If you drive an EV in a congestion-charge zone , it ’ s about 10 % cheaper than a conventional vehicle versus driving one outside where it ’ s actually 4 % more expensive than driving a conventional vehicle .” TITLE : VP , CUSTOMERS AND INDUSTRIES COMPANY : HITACHI INDUSTRY : TECHNOLOGY LOCATION : UNITED KINGDOM
Martin Kochman is a VP in Hitachi Vantara ’ s European Digital Services business . He specialises in running major data driven programmes and was responsible for ‘ Optimise Prime ’, the world ’ s biggest commercial electric vehicle project .
What we can gain from these points reverts back to the key idea of perspective . What these executives are saying is that there are a number of things to be considered before making the switch . This can be as broad as the budget for each vehicle to more granular details like the selected charging tariffs and how private charging integrates with the site on which it is installed .
From the perspective of another panellist , Peter Gallagher , Commercial Director of Extreme E : “ There needs to be more focus on cost in terms of manufacturing . We talk about cars and public transport , but also mining and the infrastructure of construction is quite key as well .”
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