Integrated Transport Planning

e-mobility - ICT-Based Integration of Electromobility into the Network Systems of the Future

Duration: 2009–2011

Project management:

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christine Ahrend

Deputy project manager:

  • Dr. Oliver Schwedes

Research associates:

  • Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Böhme
  • Stefanie Kettner, M.A.
  • Dipl.-Soz.-Wiss. Ingo Kollosche
  • Iris Menke, M.Sc.
  • Dipl.-Soz. tech. Jessica Stock
  • Dipl.-Ing. Benjamin Tiedtke

Student assistants:

  • Sascha Acker
  • Andreas Habel
  • Carolin Neumann
  • Steffen Wenzel

 

 

The global transport sector's increasing demand for fossil energy resources and the resulting growing pollution caused by climate gas emissions are increasing the focus on new drive technologies based on renewable energies. Electromobility is expected to play a key role in urban transportation of the future and can contribute to reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Unlike other drive technologies, electromobility is so far advanced that its introduction on a larger scale seems conceivable in the mid-term.

To achieve its climate protection targets and increase the share of renewable energies, the German government established the "National Electromobility Development Plan." The model project “e-mobility,” scheduled to run from 2009 to 2011, is funded with 12 million euros by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Technology as part of the ICT for Electromobility area of focus.

The overarching project “e-mobility: ICT-Based Integration of Electromobility into the Network Systems of the Future,” a cooperation with RWE, SAP, TU Dortmund, and Ewald & Günter, aims to achieve the prerequisites for widescale application of drive technology in individual transport. The project is a unique combination of energy, ICT, user perspectives, and transport. An innovative charging and billing infrastructure will be developed which takes special account of users’ requirements. In addition to adapting technical, planning, and political framework conditions, user acceptance is a key factor in successfully establishing electromobility.

Within the subproject, the Chair of Integrated Transport Planning and the Chair of Planning and Operation of Roads (SPB) are involved in analyzing user behavior and the spatial planning of the regional charging infrastructure. A suitable charging infrastructure will be designed based on the specific needs of e-vehicle users. To this end, a timed and integrated study design was developed, encompassing user perspectives, user preferences, technical requirements, and societal development.

User behavior is examined using a two-step qualitative survey of e-vehicle motorists, who gather mobility experiences with SmartEV during a pilot phase. The survey examines, for example, how motorists handle the charging process and the vehicle’s limited mileage as well as how using an electric vehicle impacts existing mobility patterns and routines. This allows a complex preference measurement based on prior experiences. At the same time, scenarios for electromobility in Berlin in 2025 are being developed. In a second step, users are confronted with the results of the scenarios to create future user preferences.

IVP is also examining the political framework conditions for approving charging sites in public spaces, taking into account the actor constellations in this procedure as well as the usage conflicts in public space. Using the experiences from the process in Berlin, recommendations are developed for a future standardized approval procedure.

Finally, the findings of the user analysis are incorporated into a multilevel infrastructure plan prepared by the Chair of Planning and Operation of Roads and taking into account the requirements of the communication infrastructure and energy engineering (TU Dortmund), the findings from the examination of the political approval procedure (IVP), as well as transport planning aspects (SPB).

Links

Project reports

Final report for the subproject

Scenario analysis

Policy and discourse analysis

User analysis

Scientific publications

Press

The following media pieces recently addressed the e-mobility research project:
 

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E-Mobility - Wirtschaftsverkehr unter Strom! Eine Zukunft des Elektroverkehrs in Berlin

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