As fastest growing city of the Netherlands, Utrecht has big ambitions towards zero emission transport. It wants to facilitate e-drivers with appropriate charging infrastructure that always enables them to charge. APPM is currently preparing a new public tender with a data-driven approach: the charging network is expanded based on charging demand and the use of charging infrastructure.

The Living Lab Smart Charging is an initiative of ElaadNL, a knowledge platform of cooperating grid operators in the Netherlands. APPM has provided strategic advice on the collaboration with parties and initiated new Smart Charging projects. At the start of 2019 the first edition of the Smart Charging Outlook was published which provides insight in projects and the opportunities and bottlenecks of Smart Charging. APPM also manages innovative Smart Charging projects such as a pilot with variable charging in Gelderland and Overijssel (NL) and vehicle grid integration at 150 households.

For a tender of the taxi services at Schiphol Plaza, APPM organized the inspiration and strategic advice for the introduction of zero emission taxis. The advice consisted of a feasibility study to stimulate zero emission in the tender. APPM also drew up substantive conditions, demands and allocation criteria for the tender, including additional provisions such as charging infrastructure. The first Dutch tender for zero emission taxis was successful and resulted in a total of 167 Tesla Model S taxis at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.