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Speakers:
Prof Roger Kemp FRS, Professor of Engineering, Lancaster University
Prof Phil Blythe, Professor of Intelligent Transport Systems, Newcastle University
The new coalition government appears enthusiastic about electric cars, indicating early its intention to build a national charging network. But a new report from the Royal Academy of Engineering has highlighted the challenge faced by the UK in ensuring that the electricity supply system can cope with charging tens of millions of vehicles and still reduce carbon emissions from power generation. Lead authors on the report came to the SMC to discuss the problems – and great potential – in mass adoption of electric vehicles.