How LEV market can take off: a challenge for urban mobility - Francesco Edoardo Misso T Bridge S.p.A - Elviten Project

How LEV market can take off:
a challenge for urban mobility

    Francesco Edoardo Misso
         T Bridge S.p.A.

2nd World Light Electric Vehicle Summit
Rotterdam, 22nd & 23rd November 2017

T Bridge and EU projects

          Since 2009 T Bridge has been working on European projects, both as
           technical partner and subcontractor
          The developed expertise include the phases of planning and
           implementation, starting from traditional T Bridge skills in transport
           and logistics
          The main themes concern sustainable and electric mobility and
           innovative systems
          T Bridge has been partner of former European projects, such as
           Ele.C.Tra (e-mobility) e Weeenmodels (environment)

ELVITEN project at a glance

                                                     LIGHT ELECTRIC VEHICLES
                                                     INTEGRATED WITH ELECTRIC
                                                     AND TRANSPORTATION
                                                     NETWORK

 DURATION/LIFETIME:    36 months (01/11/2017 – 30/10/2020)
 TOTAL COST:           € 9,544,750
 LEADER:               INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS (Greece)
 PARTNERS INVOLVED:    21 (of which LEV producers, ICT developers, charging point and e-
                        roaming managers, associations, public bodies and research centres)
 COUNTRIES INVOLVED:   8 (7 in EU + CH)
 WEBSITE OF PROJECT:   www.elviten-project.eu

Challenges to be tackled
 Limited direct experience with these vehicles
 Consumers’ worries about relatively high costs of
  these vehicles and perceived uncertainty about the         Reasons which hamper
  need to recharge during a journey (range anxiety)          wide spreading of LEVs

 Insufficient planning for LEV mobility

                         OBJECTIVE
    Supply adequate use schemes, support services and ICT
     tools designed and offered to private users to spread
       awareness of the performance of these vehicles

How to face the obstacles
OBSTACLES                            STATE-OF-THE-ART                         ELVITEN SOLUTIONS
Lack of parking places               Few car parks in cities means time       Possibility of advanced booking of parking (free
                                     loss looking for parking                 in city centres)
Poor security in e-bike parks        Normal bike parks are not suitable for   Dedicated, secure and sheltered parking
                                     e-bikes; high levels of theft and        spaces
                                     vandalism
Limited possibilities for charging   Many Southern European cities do not     E-roaming platform will connect existing
                                     have charging networks                   charging points. Guidelines will be drawn up for
                                                                              new charging points and removable batteries
Low awareness and lack of            Vehicle sharing is rare or poor          Project data and results will allow integration of
experience of LEVs among public                                               LEVs in traffic and electric grid
Low perception of safety, comfort    LEVs are not being bought and            Data collected will help producers to improve
and reliability                      there are few dealers                    vehicles and meet customer expectations
Performance anxiety                  Limited use due to poor battery life     Charging points, ICT tools and the e-
                                     and lack of charging points              Roaming platform will aid charging and
                                                                              reduce anxiety

ELVITEN actions
                   Network of e-charging stations for LEVs integrated into charging circuit
    SERVICES       Installation of 'charging hubs' for all e-vehicles
                   Free use of e-vehicles provided by partners and encouraged by policies and incentives
                   Brokering service to keep the status of vehicle readiness to use and their charge level.
                    Users can return vehicles to a parking point (not necessarily the same one). More
                    details on payment will be defined in the Business Models
    ICT TOOLS      Access control system for charging areas
                   Monitoring the fleet size of electric vehicles
                   Serious Game application
                   SmartCard / App for management of incentives
                   Free parking spaces with reservation possibility
    POLICIES
                   «Bonus» for virtuous behaviours
              Permanent exhibition and free test drive of electric vehicles
COMMUNICATION Activities to raise awareness for different categories of potential users (commuters,
               tourists, couriers and companies)

Different approaches for user categories
                 Systematic                 Occasional              Companies with
      TARGET
                   urban                      urban                   fast goods
                 passengers                 passengers                 delivery
  V
  I
  S               Replacement of          Implementation of             Replacement of
      CHANGES   traditional vehicles   sharing or rental services   traditional vehicles with
  I                  with levs                  of levs                       levs
  O
  N

       TARGET   Owners of electric             Users of             Delivery companies with
        GOAL       vehicles               LEV sharing service           electric vehicles

Expected benefits

 encouraging the use of electric vehicles for citizens and local companies

 increasing the use of light electric vehicles instead of internal combustion vehicles

 raising awareness of e-mobility benefits

 promotion of virtuous behaviours concerning sustainable mobility

 reduction of pollution and traffic congestion

 creation of business models for light electric vehicle services

Project phases

    PREPARATION                    DEMOSTRATIONS                        ANALYSIS

   analysis      of   mobility     service functionality          analysis of the recorded
    demand                                                           travel data   and users’
                                                                     opinions
   identification of usage         incentives for lev usage in
    patterns, potentialities and     the 6 pilot cities             business plans to spread
    target users                                                     LEV

     2017                2018                 2019                         2020

Demonstration activities
The trials consider diversified activities in 6 European cities: charging, sharing, e-roaming,
ICT tools and use of light electric vehicles

               e-bicycles          e-quads                  e-scooters             e-tricycles

GENOA (Italy)                         Private LEVs and 10 e-tricycles provided for sharing
BARI (Italy)                          75 e-bicycles provided for sharing
ROME-IX MUNICIPALITY EUR (Italy)      78 e-bicycles provided for sharing
BERLIN (Germany)                      Private LEVs of different types
TRIKALA (Greece)                      5 e-tricycles and 5 e-quads provided for sharing
MALAGA (Spain)                        40 e-bicycles provided for sharing and private LEVs

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 769926