TY - JOUR
T1 - E-mobility solutions for urban transportation
T2 - User needs across four continents
AU - Panagakos, George
AU - Goletz, Mirko
AU - Hasselwander, Marc
AU - Meija, Alvin
AU - Aittoniemi, Elina
AU - Bruhn Barfod, Michael
AU - Dhar, Subash
AU - Munoz Barriga, Maria Rosa
AU - Munshi, Talat
AU - Painuly, Jyoti Prasad
AU - Shrestha, Shritu
AU - Silla, Anne
AU - Teko, Edmund
AU - Torrao, Guilhermina
AU - Werland, Stefan
AU - Dematera, Kathleen
PY - 2023/12/14
Y1 - 2023/12/14
N2 - Aiming at setting up a global platform for e-mobility solutions, the EU-funded project SOLUTIONSplus (2020–2023) established nine living labs in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America to test innovative solutions involving new services, business models, vehicle types, and charging systems. A user needs analysis was undertaken in all project cities. The paper summarizes the main findings of this analysis and investigates the effect of the external environment on user needs. The perceived importance of electric vehicles in mobility patterns, quality of life, and city environment is examined, along with expected challenges in the respective market penetration. It is found that these perceptions are correlated with external factors such as air pollution or traffic congestion, leading to possible adjustments of the e-mobility promoting efforts according to the local stakeholder priorities.
AB - Aiming at setting up a global platform for e-mobility solutions, the EU-funded project SOLUTIONSplus (2020–2023) established nine living labs in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America to test innovative solutions involving new services, business models, vehicle types, and charging systems. A user needs analysis was undertaken in all project cities. The paper summarizes the main findings of this analysis and investigates the effect of the external environment on user needs. The perceived importance of electric vehicles in mobility patterns, quality of life, and city environment is examined, along with expected challenges in the respective market penetration. It is found that these perceptions are correlated with external factors such as air pollution or traffic congestion, leading to possible adjustments of the e-mobility promoting efforts according to the local stakeholder priorities.
KW - electric vehicle
KW - urban transport
KW - user needs
KW - developing countries
KW - city environment
KW - e-mobility promotion
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146523010700
U2 - 10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.772
DO - 10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.772
M3 - Article
SN - 2352-1465
VL - 72
SP - 2558
EP - 2565
JO - Transportation Research Procedia
JF - Transportation Research Procedia
ER -