Electric freight in the city
Cross River Partnership and Arup joined our recent electric vehicle and mobility round table to discuss the difficulties for freight lorries switching to electric power and how our cities will cope with the disruption of retro-fitting new electric infrastructure. Tom Linton Smith, Transport and Sustainability Officer, from Cross River Partnership said switching to electric power for freight vehicles poses a host of challenges: ' The whole logistics sector isn't going to go el
Electric power, transport and city risk
EY, Foresight Group, Arup and Cross River Partnership have all been discussing the risks and opportunities for future electric power investment and management in our cities. This was an important round table discussion held in advance of our next large Future Cities Forum, 'Intelligent Cities' on 3rd July, at White City Place, London. Councils, investors, architects and planners will gather to discuss the proper design and planning of our cities, the role of data in this and
EY hosts our next research transport round table
We will be holding our next transport research round table at EY's More London Place offices where discussions will centre on expanding the topics of infrastructure around electric vehicle adoption and the use of new technologies in transport fuels, which were discussed initially at our City Hall, London event, 'The Making of the Modern City' last month. The Guardian newspaper reported in April this year that a '£400 million government plan to build electric car charging poin