Much valuable data will be collected through this trial, both directly from the cars through data aquisition tools hard wired into the vehicles, and from the electric car drivers included in the trial.

Data will be collected from all Technology Strategy Board (TSB) projects which are being delivered across the UK, to build a comprehensive picture of electric vehicle usage and performance. This will feed in to the development of a UK wide recharging infrastructure, as well as providing essential information to vehicle manufacturers for the future development of their cars. The information will also be essential for associated services and industries, such as energy generating companies, grid management operators, insurance companies etc.

Above is a visualisation of data captured from a Switch EV car whilst it completed a standard journey. It illustrates the energy consumption of the car whilst undergoing a typical journey, showing the energy being generated through regenerative braking and the energy being consumed through driving.