1. How many electric vehicles (EV) do Devon County Council (DCC) own or rent on contract lease?
7
2. How many cars, or other service vehicles, within used within the DCC fleet?
5 cars and 2 vans.
3. How much money have DCC spent on EV’s over past 4 years (purchased, or leased)?
The 3 vehicles we have purchased cost £60524.64 + VAT. The four vehicles we lease cost £3,972.64 over 4 years + VAT. Total is £64,497.28 + VAT.
4. How much has the installation of charging points for these vehicles cost?
£13,554.67 per dual charge point (2 bays).
5. What is the current total cost of electricity to power these vehicles to date?
DCC do not hold this information because some of the charge posts are not sub-metered.
6. How much money has been spent on servicing these vehicles to date?
For the 3 owned vehicles we have spent £279.48 + VAT on servicing. Servicing of the leased vehicles is included in the lease costs.
7. How many vehicles have needed new batteries installed? What was the total cost?
None.
8. How much does an ‘average’ new battery cost DCC for one of their vehicles (owned, rented or on contract lease)?
N/A
9. How much has been spent on disposing of spent batteries?
N/A
10. How are the spent batteries being disposed of?
N/A
11. Can replacement batteries be fitted to the vehicles, or are the vehicles then obsolete (scraped)?
DCC do not hold this information.
12. What is the monetary saving made by using EV’s?
Each vehicle saves about £950 each year on fuel. We have seven vehicles, so the saving is about £6,650.
13. What is the saving made to your Carbon Footprint by using the EV’s (or per individual EV vehicle)?
Per vehicle saving is 2.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. We have seven vehicles, so the saving is about 18.9 tonnes per year.