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During the years 1998-2000 the city of Malmö and one of Sweden’s biggest energy company, Sydkraft, carried out a
demonstration project with electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles. The project
was supported by the Swedish government with the aims to :
- Show
that these vehicles are realistic alternatives
- Encourage
use
- Study
vehicle technique, charging and driving
- Study
impact on environment and consequences for traffic
A total of 100 light (five different makes and models) vehicles
participated. Two heavy electric refuse collection vehicles formed a
subproject. The total mileage was 960 000 km. The daily average for a vehicle
was 20-25 km ( a third of possible action range). According
to the users the advantages were less pollution with no local emissions, no
noise, easy to drive and park, much cheaper to drive than internal combustion
cars and free parking.
The disadvantages were short action range per charge,
expensive to buy, long charging time and limited speed.
The Swedish Road Administration has a model to calculate (Vägverkets publikation 1997:130)
the economic effects (caused by pollution) for society. The use of the two electric refuse collection vehicles saved 600.000 SEK/year
(€65.000) due to lower emissions.
The project report is only in Swedish as pdf at: http://www.kfb.se/publ/main.htm |