WIPO magazine issue -1 - 2024 World Intellectual Property organization.
HEV-TCP ExCo57
1. Federico Karagulian / ENEA-TERIN-PSU-STMS
Update on Italy’s HEV
and EV activities in 2022
IEA HEV TCP Task 1 Information Exchange Meeting – Brussels -April 19, 2023
2. STATISTICAL DATA ON VEHICLES
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Fleet Totals on 01 January 2023
Vehicle Type
Total Fleet
(including IECVs)
Bicycles 50,000,000
Mopeds 1,200,000
Motorbikes 7,100,000
Quadricycles n.a.
Passenger vehicles 39,822,723
Commercial vehicles 4,290,042
Buses 100,199
Trucks 783,000
Totals (without bicycles) 53,295,694
Fleet totals share in Italy
(2022)
▪ BEVs: 0,43%
▪ HEVs & PHEVs: 4,2%
3. STATISTICAL DATA ON VEHICLES
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Fleet Sales on 01 January 2023
Vehicle Type
Total Sales
(including IECVs)
Bicycles 1,680,000
Mopeds 21,245
Motorbikes 259,980
Quadricycles n.a.
Passenger vehicles 1,316,919
Commercial vehicles 161,096
Buses 3,255
Trucks 25,341
Totals (without bicycles) 1,787,836
Car sales in Italy
(% change 2021 → 2022)
▪ petrol: -16,4%
▪ diesel: -20,1%
▪ HEVs: +6,4% (35 % of new pass.veh.)
▪ PHEVs: -6,1% (4,9 % of new pass.veh.)
▪ BEVs: -26,9% (3,7% of new pass.veh.)
4. STATISTICAL DATA ON EV CHARGING POINTS
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Update on Italy’s HEV and EV activities - IEA HEV TCP Task 1 Meeting – Brussels, April 19, 2023
Level
1
Level
2
Fast
Fast
TESLA
supercharger
Ultrafast
Level
1
Level
2
Fast
Fast
TESLA
supercharger
Ultrafast
Installed on 2021
Installed on 2022
Fast &
Ultrafast
+
~ 18% fast chargers
Total number
[“Smart Mobillty Report. https://www.energystrategy.it/osservatorio-di-ricerca/smart-mobility/?2022,” Sep. 2022]
5. SURVEY about the use of the electric car and of the
charging infrastructures in ITALY (2022)
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➢ Gathered about 1000 answers among OWNERS and users INTERESTED to BUY
➢ 70% of interested buyers are concerned about HIGH PRICE
➢ Other concern is the ‘RANGE ANXIETY’
➢ Main driver to buy an electric car is:
1) low environmental impact
2) low maintenance along the car lifetime
3) possibility to install a domestic charging point
4) 76% of potential buyers want to benefit of public incentives
https://motusenea.streamlit.app/Charging_Infrastructure
[“Smart Mobillty Report. https://www.energystrategy.it/osservatorio-di-ricerca/smart-mobility/?2022,” Sep. 2022]
6. SURVEY about the use of the electric car and of the
charging infrastructures in ITALY (2022)
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➢ (1)During the year 2022
1) about 70% of electric car owners also own a domestic electric Charging point
2) about 9% use charging points located at their workplaces
➢ 46% of electric car owners charge their car at home whereas about 21% of
electric car owners mainly use public charging points
➢ Other respondents use charging infrastructures near point of interests (74%),
in public parking (68%) and, along extra-urban roads (35%)
➢ 9 out of 10 electric car owners have declared they do not want to buy anymore
an internal combustion engine vehicle
(1)[“Smart Mobillty Report. https://www.energystrategy.it/osservatorio-di-ricerca/smart-mobility/?2022,” Sep. 2022]
7. Charging infrastructure in Italy (2022)
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[“Smart Mobillty Report. https://www.energystrategy.it/osservatorio-di-ricerca/smart-mobility/?2022,” Sep. 2022]
[“Le infrastrutture di ricarica a uso pubblico in Italia. Motus-E. https://www.motus-e.org/studi_e_ricerche/le-
infrastrutture-di-ricarica-a-uso-pubblico-in-italia-quarta-edizione/.”, December 2022]
8. Charging infrastructure (2022)
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[“Le infrastrutture di ricarica a uso pubblico in Italia. Motus-E. https://www.motus-e.org/studi_e_ricerche/le-
infrastrutture-di-ricarica-a-uso-pubblico-in-italia-quarta-edizione/.”, December 2022]
9. Demonstration Projects (1)
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Demonstration Projects
PERUGIA, Italy
HYDRON,
minibus fully powered by
hydrogen
In September 2022, the Italian factory Rampini, presented
Hydron, the first minibus fully powered by hydrogen.
➢ Completely realized in Italy, in the province of Perugia
➢ The project took 10 years of work & research
➢ The vehicle has a length of 8 meter
➢ Capacity of 48 persons
➢ Autonomy of about 450 km
Since 2018, the Rampini company stopped the
production of endothermic vehicles. The company
invests the 10% of its revenues in research and
development and export in Greece, France, Germany,
Austria and Spain. Rampini and Sapio (active in the
production of industrial gases) have signed an agreement to
set up a hydrogen production chain entirely made in Italy.
[Marco Morino, “In Umbria nasce il bus a idrogeno made in Italy. Il Sole 24 Ore. Mobilità sostenibile p.21,” Sep. 16, 2022.]
10. Demonstration Projects (2)
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Demonstration Projects
ROMA, Fiumicino
International Airport, Italy
VOLOCOPTER,
fully electric aircraft
In October 2022, the first demonstrator of the new air taxi
service took off from the Rome - Fiumicino International
Airport. The service will be active starting from 2024
together with the first experimental Italian Vertiport.
➢ fully electric aircraft (VOLOCOPTER)
➢ transport two people and 250 kg of goods
➢ 100 km autonomy
➢ Travel-time Airport → Roma center ~ 20 minutes
[“Aerotaxi elettrico. La novità di Roma. Avvenire p. 2,” Oct. 07, 2022.]
11. Demonstration Projects (3)
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Demonstration Projects
NAPOLI and SALERNO, Atena
consortium (EU project “H-Ports” )
The YARD TRUCK, port tractor
fueled with hydrogen
1A yard truck equipped with a hydrogen engine has been
developed within the initiative of the Atena consortium as
part of the European project “H-Ports” The initiative got the
support of the Italian National Agency for New Technologies,
Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), the
Cantieri del Mediterraneo, the University of Naples
Parthenope and the University of Salerno.
➢ Port tractor fueled with hydrogen and with hybrid
propulsion made of fuel cells and lithium-ion
batteries.
➢ The tractor is be able to accomplish routine work of
loading and unloading from cargo ships.
➢ The accumulation system has a capacity of 12 kg of
hydrogen that can guarantee up to six hour of
operation, that is the average time of the typical work
shift.
1[“Organi di trasmissione. Energia green: Uno yard truck a idrogeno. p.21, foglio 1,” Jul. 01, 2022.]
12. Incentives until 2024 (1)
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➢ Ownership tax benefits
➢ Tax incentives for companies
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Direct incentives for purchasing new passenger cars in 2022
(include electric vehicles)
Issued funds
[million EUR]
Incentives
Maximum
vehicle price
[EUR]
CO2
emissions
[g/km]
2022 2023 2024
Bonus
with
scrapping
[EUR]
Bonus
without
scrapping
[EUR]
00 ÷ 20 220 230 245 5,000 3,000 35,000
21 ÷ 60 225 235 245 4,000 2,000 45,000
61 ÷ 135 170 150 120 2,000 - 35,000
➢ Incentive to purchase a passenger
vehicle with low CO2 emissions
(include electric vehicles): between
2,000 and 3,000 EUR (ECOBONUS)
13. Incentives until 2024 (2)
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➢ Incentive to purchase motorcycles and mopeds
➢ Incentive to purchase commercial vehicles
Update on Italy’s HEV and EV activities - IEA HEV TCP Task 1 Meeting – Brussels, April 19, 2023
Direct incentives for purchasing motorcycles and moped in 2022
Vehicle
category
Issued funds
[million EUR]
Bonus
with
scrapping
Bonus
without scrapping
2022 2023 2024
Electric/
hybrid
15 15 15
40% (up to
EUR 4,000)
30% (up to EUR
3,000)
Internal
combustion
10 5 5
40% (up to
EUR 2,500)
-
Direct incentives for purchasing electric commercial vehicles in 2022
Vehicle
category
Issued funds
[million EUR]
Bonus
with scrapping
[EUR]
weight
2022 2023 2024
N1 electric
10 15 20
4,000 < 1.5 ton
6,000 1.5 ton< W < 3.5 ton
N2 electric
12,000 3.5 ton< W < 7 ton
14,000 7 ton< W < 12 ton
Incentive to purchase a recharging point for domestic use (up to 1,500 EUR for
private chargers (Wallbox), up to 8,000 EUR for chargers in common areas)
❑ AC charging infrastructures with a power between 7.4kW and 22 kW can benefit of an incentive of EUR 2,500 per
device for a Wallbox with only one charging point, whereas an incentive of 8,000 EUR is issued for charging
columns equipped with two charging points.
❑ DC charging infrastructures with a power up to 50kW can benefit of an incentive of EUR 1,000. Charging
infrastructures (per column) with power between 50 kW and 100kW can benefit of an incentive up to 50,000 EUR,
whereas for infrastructures (per column) with power larger than 100kW the incentive rise to 75,000 EUR.
14. Outlook: EV scenarios in ITALY
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❑ “Business-As-Usual” scenario: adoption of
almost 3.9 million of electric vehicles by 2030.
❑ “Policy Driven” scenario: the number of electric
vehicles is foreseen to reach 6 million by 2030
❑ “Full Decarbonization” scenario: the number of
electric vehicles is foreseen to reach about 8.2
million by 2030
Public charging points for electric
vehicles are estimated to be:
❑ 67,000 charging points are
foreseen in the "Business-As-
Usual" scenario.
❑ 95,000 units in the “Policy Driven”
scenario.
❑ 127,000 charging points in the
“Decarbonization” scenario.
Private charging points for electric
vehicles are estimated to be:
❑ 2,159 million units by 2030 in the
"Business-As-Usual" scenario;
❑ 3,183 million units in the “Policy
Driven” scenario;
❑ 4,161 million units in the
“Decarbonization” scenario
2025
2030
[“Smart Mobillty Report. https://www.energystrategy.it/osservatorio-di-ricerca/smart-mobility/?2022,” Sep. 2022]
15. Integrated National Plan for Energy and Climate
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The Plan, submitted by Italian Government to the European Union at the end of
December 2018, gives a major role to the strategies for cleaner transport in the
general context of de-carbonization:
▪ to replace old buses for PT with electric and natural gas buses: estimated 2,000
buses per year during the period 2019-2033,
▪ relating to public fleet in high pollution towns, the share of AFVs will be 30 % (at
least) by 2022, 50 % by 2025 and 85 % by 2030 (increase DAFI‘s requirements)
▪ Public Administration required to buy AFVs (Alternative Fuel Vehicles),
▪ to promote registrations of low-emissions vehicles, also by progressively
reviewing the taxation system (ownership tax, fuel tax and so on),
▪ ECOBOBUS (when purchasing low CO2 emission vehicles)
▪ to increase refueling points for alternative fuels,
▪ experimental measures to allow EV charging station to be used for the V2G
service,
▪ free access to limited traffic areas, priority lanes and reserved parking lots: from
local to national regulations,
▪ main target: share of energy from RES in the final energy consumptions for the
transport sector = 21.6% @ 2030 (EU target 14%).
Update on Italy’s HEV and EV activities - IEA HEV TCP Task 1 Meeting – Brussels, April 19, 2023
16. Federico Karagulian
ENEA – TERIN – PSU – STMS
federico.karagulian@enea.it
Update on Italy’s HEV and EV activities - IEA HEV TCP Task 1 Meeting – Brussels, April 19, 2023