Best practices
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Purchase of a Normal Power Charging Station and Renting an Electric Vehicle
Area: AlbaniaCategory:In the framework of EnerNETMob project, The Albanian Institute of Transport has developed Pilot 1 Action, D.4.4.1. Charging Stations Public EV charging points, including civil work services and connections to grid - for Pilot 1 and D.4.4.2 Electric Vehicles BEV's including GPS/ICT equipment for drive tests and charging tests within pilot action. The location of the pilot for D4.4.1 Charging Station was on the territory of Tirana capital, near the city center within a public parking lot of Tirana Municipality. The parking lot is in the underground of Air Albania Stadium. The public parking lot has a lot of slow chargers for EVs, but no normal or fast charger. Considering that besides hosting the main and great stadium in Albania, it is located in a developed business and leisure area restored recently, we decided to install the charging point there. We have rented an electric vehicle, Category M1 Electric Vehicle (BEV), vehicle designed and constructed according to Directive 2007/46/CE. The electric vehicle is type Hyundai Kona 100% electric, new with production year 2020, 39.2 kWh. It has an autonomy of the car 311 km. The renting period is 8 months, and has been prolonged for another 3 months with the extension of project. The vehicle is used for daily activities of Albanian Institute of Transport and is shared between the Director of Institute and driver of Institute. It is used within Tirana but also outside it, not long distances, to and from towns up to 150 km of distance. The lack of a comprehensive charging infrastructure network has impeded us to use the rented vehicle in all our work trips which implies the whole national territory.
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Public Taxi Transport in Tirana
Area: AlbaniaCategory:The city of Tirana, is at the forefront of the electric vehicles revolution. Almost all electric vehicles in the national fleet are situated in Tirana. Tirana City Council by their resolutions have produced some incentives for promotion of more friendly and clean taxi service. They intend to reduce the number of taxis with old production years, giving possibility to the licensing of new vehicles (with the same year of production as the application year for licensing) and hybrid and electric taxis. As of December 2022 data, in Tirana 0.2% of total fleet is electric, 0.4% hybrid. While, as per public taxi transport, 9% of total fleet is 100% electric, 5% hybrid. In October 2017 it's the first testing of a 100% electric public bus. In July 2021 there is an operating public urban transport with all hybrid buses.
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Smart charging within microgrids
Area: FranceCategory:Integrating electromobility in microgrids with local RES enables to limit the impact on electric networks, but also to maximize self-consumption of renewables produced locally. The company SAP Labs France has deployed a microgrid on its site in Mougins (south east of France) in order to ensure renewable power for its 37 charging points, and for its building consumptions. A supervision software (named E-Mobility) optimizes the global energy system and makes smart charging according to the state of the production, the battery, the consumption needs, and soon the electrical grid. This kind of monitoring tool for smart charging is more and more requested to supervise charging stations for public or private fleets, and optimize the local energy systems.
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On-demand charging points
Area: FranceCategory:The goal is to deploy charging station in the location where a real need does exist. In this case, everyone can ask for a charging point if there is a lack of infrastructure nearby. That's being tested in Saint-Etienne city in partnership with collectivity, E-Totem company and the DSO Enedis.
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Interregional charging network deployment
Area: FranceCategory:Cooperation between organizations is a good way to expand electric mobility. For instance, in the South-East of France, the e-born charging network was created in 2015 thanks to an interdepartmental group of 5 public energy organizations. Since then, it has been extended to 6 other departments, offering now 1200 charging stations spread over 2 regions.
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Charging hubs deployment
Area: FranceCategory:Availability and quality of EV charging are the first required electromobility services. To improve them, more and more charging hubs are deployed in public multimodal station or logistic platform with several benefits: at least one charging point is always available, and in the same time, infrastructures costs can be merged and optimized, and smart charging is easier to limit electrical grid constraints.
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Schémas directeurs pour les infrastructures de recharge pour véhicules électriques (Ministère de la Transition Energétique
Area: FranceCategory:"The french ""mobility orientation law"" has created the possibility for local authorities and public establishments holders of the ""IRVE"" competence to draw up a master plan for public charging infrastructures development. This master plan gives to local authorities the manager role for the development of the public charging offer on its territory, to achieve to: coordinate public and private contracting authorities; deploy charging stations in accordance with local mobility, air quality, climate protection urban planning and energy policies; adapt the charging offer to the changing needs for local or transit traffic. A manual has been written to help local authorities build their charging infrastructures master plan, named ""SDIRVE""."
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AMB (Barcelona Metropolitan Area Agency) EVSE network
Area: SpainCategory:They have a network of 10 fast public charging stations in the vicinity of Barcelona with a variety of plugs, with two charging stations for each location. The aim is that every city in the metropolitan area of Barcelona has a public fast charging station. Charing Point 1: It has 3 connectors. Mennekes AC (43W). CHAdeMO DC (50W). COMBO CCS DC (50W).; Charging Point 2: has 2 Schuko AC type connectors (3kW). Moreover, users have an app to know the location status of the charging points, book a charging point and start and end the charging operation without the need of a physical card. The booking and charging is for free.The internal platform of AMB registers user, charging time, residence, type of EV (if the user inserts it in the booking APP), as a tool to better plan future charging infrastructure deployment.
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CIRVE Project
Area: SpainCategory:The aim of the CIRVE project is to promote the use of electric vehicles between Spain, Portugal and France in a fully interoperable cross-border framework allowing owners of electric vehicles to transit from Northern Europe to the Iberian Peninsula, strengthening the link between the citizens of the North and the South of Europe. Its objective is to facilitate a business model to install an entire network of electric recharging systems in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The pilot project installed 40 fast charging stations (50 kW). On the one hand, the deployment of charging infrastructure, on roads and service stations, aims to allow users of electric vehicles to travel longer. On the other hand, interoperability aims to ease its use, since it will allow any user to recharge and pay at any public recharge point in an easy and simple way, regardless of who is operating it. The project is partnered by the load managers IBIL (project leader), EDP, ENDESA, GIC and IBERDROLA, together with the AEDIVE Association and two other international partners: RENAULT and the Centre for Excellence and Innovation of Portugal, CEIIA. It is also supported by the Spanish Ministries of Development and Economy, Industry and Competitiveness. The plan is co-financed through the 2015 call of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
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Spanish Regulation of provision of energy recharging services for electric vehicles
Area: SpainCategory:Royal Decree 184/2022, 8th of March, establishes the bases for organizing the models linked to the provision of electric vehicle recharging services. After the elimination of the figure of the charge manager, it grants a greater flexibility of the recharging activity, allowing it to be carried out by any consumer of electrical energy and thus encouraging the more agile electrification of the vehicle fleet and the transition towards sustainable and intelligent mobility . The royal decree distinguishes between the figure of the (i) recharging point operator (CPO or Charge Point Operator), who holds the ownership of the exploitation rights over the recharging points and who guarantees their operability, and may also incorporate performance functions of the service; and (ii) the mobility service provider company (MSP or Mobility Service Provider), as a virtual operator that, without being the owner of the recharging points or the exploitation rights over them, acts as a third party in the provision of the service, as an intermediary between the CPO and the user of the electric vehicle. Another interesting key element is that the Royal Decree imposes on the CPOs and MSPs the obligation to provide the Administration with the necessary data on the location, characteristics and availability of the recharging points and the sale price of electricity or the service.
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EMOV CARSHARING ELECTRO MOBILITY SCHEME IN CITIES
Area: SpainCategory:The city authority has envisaged a substantial increase in the deployment of electric mobility. The change over to electric mobility is not just a change of technology but requires behaviour change which is often dependent on the relative cost of the new behaviour/travel mode on offer. One way of making electric mobility more appealing in this regard is shifting from vehicle ownership, with a high cost, to temporary vehicle use offering greater flexibility, more adequate and lower demand in parking space. Since December 2016 emov, a non station based electric car sharing scheme, has complemented existing mobility services available in the Spanish capital. Unlike most car sharing programs, emov is not station-based. The concept is simple: No need for a subscription or vehicle reservation; Users can access vehicles where they want and then drive off; Parking is possible anywhere in Madrid, i.e. Electric Cars can park at no cost in any green, blue, or white parking region in the city, and have access to most of the areas were traditional cars don't have access anymore; There's no need to take the car back to a fixed depot. To drive emov electric, one must register with the service through the website, and then all is made through the user smart phone. Users pay only for the actual number of minutes of car usage.
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GO ELECTRIC boosts e-mobility
Area: GreeceCategory:The 1st subsidy scheme for EVs acquisition in Greece is an initiative of the Greek Government, aiming to boost e-mobility in the country, in line with the EU Green Deal growth strategy. It is expected to help Greece achieve transition towards clean mobility and climate neutral economy by 2050. E-mobility had very limited take-up in the country until September 2019, due to lack of economic incentives and of a holistic national approach. Since 2014, e-mobility was integrated in the national legislation framework, but in a fragmentary way. Therefore, the Greek government decided to take action by the formation of a dedicated National E-mobility Plan. In order to design this Plan in a rapid and effective way, the Government established a National Inter-Ministerial Committee in 21 October 2019, bringing together key stakeholders with complementary backgrounds, including policy, mobility and energy experts from relevant ministries, universities and research institutes. The subsidy scheme GO ELECTRIC is a result of this Plan, among other incentives decided and announced for the promotion of e-mobility. Beneficiaries of GO ELECTRIC are individuals and companies. As the scheme includes most types of vehicles (e -cars, e-vans, e-bikes, e-scooters, e-taxis) it addresses to both drivers and cyclists for buying/leasing 1 EV, allowing businesses to purchase up to 3 EVs if located in the mainland and up to 6 if located in the Greek islands, thus supporting the tourism sector.
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Regional approaches for supporting e-mobility
Area: All EU CountriesCategory:Electric mobility (e-mobility) will be an essential part of the low-carbon transition, with short to mid-distance passenger and logistics vehicles ripe for electrification. In the long-term, as energy storage solutions develop further, longer distance technologies will also develop. While technological solutions for passengers and logistics are developing, their market maturity is not yet reached, and public support is further required to make them cost-competitive with fossil fuel technologies through enabling frameworks, incentives and capacity building for uptake. Additionally, consideration must also be taken of the impact of electrification on energy systems and wider regional planning with the low-carbon transition considered as a whole. This policy brief will draw lessons from Interreg Europe projects and activities, providing good practices from across Europe to inform regional and local policy-makers on the actions they can take in their regions to make the e-mobility transition a reality.
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Integrated LowCarbon Strategies
Area: All EU CountriesCategory:Public authorities across Europe have an important role to play in the development of a sustainable and low-carbon economy, with transformations needed in every sector and area of public life. As such, multiple actors are involved in setting up strategies to direct public policy, across multiple departments and levels of governance covering areas such as housing, building codes, land-use, transport, energy, climate change mitigation and environmental policy. These strategies, often developed in silos, need to be harmonised and integrated to ensure that all are pulling in the same direction, and to make optimal use of limited resources. As well as cross-departmental (horizontal) co-operation, vertical co-operation between levels of government also needs to be enabled. A number of projects and regions have already investigated the integration process and their results and guidelines can provide a number of lessons for others on how to optimally use resources, share data, engage with stakeholders and work across boundaries to develop and achieve regional aims
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Go Electric Taxi Scheme
Area: UKCategory:The Go Electric Taxi scheme includes a range of different incentives worth Β£2,500 for taxi drivers interested in making the switch to a cleaner vehicle as well as the opportunity for a two-week test drive for all Coventry Hackney cab drivers. The initiative, led by Coventry City Council, is supported by a range of companies including, the Coventry electric taxi maker LEVC, Irish energy company ESB, Siemens and the taxi app Gett. Hackney carriage owners in Coventry get the chance to try out the latest electric taxis produced by LEVC, as part of a scheme to encourage cabbies to understand more about the benefits of electric taxis. Go Electric Taxi aims to speed up the modernisation of the Coventry taxi fleet and offer a premium, better value, service for Coventarians. All these vehicles will offer laptop charging, mobile phone charging, free wifi, card payment and zero emission capable driving. As part of the scheme, the first 60 drivers of electric taxis in the city will benefit from a significant contribution towards their insurance costs, as well as a waiver of several licensing fees, this is valued at around Β£2,500. The scheme has been funded by grants from the Office of Low Emission Vehicles and the Government's Joint Air Quality Unit. The scheme was promoted via an event held by the taxi rank by the station, whereby leaflets were given out to taxi drivers. In addition to a letter and SMS being sent to all eligible participants.
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Azorean incentive system for the acquisition of electric vehicles and charging stations
Area: PortugalCategory:In the Azores, the costly initial investment in EV continues to be a challenge when implementing e-mobility. Additionally, there are some economic and social/cultural obstacles that need to be tackled. The first financial incentive system for the acquisition of electric vehicles and charging stations in the Azores was established by the Regional Decree-Law no. 2/2020/A. This decree financially supported the acquisition of passenger cars, two-wheel motorcycles or mopeds, motorised tricycles or quadricycles, cycles with auxiliary motor and EV charging stations. The incentives could be increased through bonuses. They could be accumulated with others of a similar nature, as foreseen in national diploma. This means that, for passenger cars, the maximum amount was €6.900 for natural persons and €4.900 for artificial persons, €1.000 for two-wheel motorcycles or mopeds and, finally, €700 for cycles with auxiliary motor. Only the Azorean incentive system included motorised tricycles or quadricycles (up to €1.000) and charging stations (up to €500). The Regional Directorate for Energy was the managing authority for both versions of these incentives. They have been promoted through strong dissemination campaigns on TV broadcasts and social media, among public and private stakeholders, as well as civil society in general. Fundo Ambiental was the managing authority for the national incentive system.
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Electric mobility (Interreg Europe) January 2019
Area: All EU countriesCategory:Electric mobility (e-mobility) has emerged as one of the most promising technological solutions to replace fossil fuels and has the potential to power most forms of personal and public transport. Local and regional authorities have a vital role to play in encouraging uptake: public procurement of e-mobility and the electrification of public transport infrastructure are areas of high potential. A range of public transport modes is ripe for electrification including buses, metro trains, trams, and ferries. Regions can also help to create an enabling environment for citizens to switch to e-mobility solutions for personal use, including through investment in charging infrastructure, incentives, and public-private partnerships.
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Cycling cities (Interreg Europe) June 2020
Area: All EU countriesCategory:Cycling has many socio-economic, health, and environmental benefits that its promotion should be a logical policy choice. And while most cities are choking under ever-increasing motor traffic, more and more policymakers wish they could turn their city into a Cycling City. This policy brief helps turn these dreams into reality with good practices, guidance, and recommendations backed by real-life examples from European cities and regions. It is common knowledge that countries like Denmark and the Netherlands are cycling leaders in Europe, and it would be easy to fill this policy brief with examples and good practices from these two front-runner countries alone. However, excellence, especially when it is too far from one's own reality, can be discouraging and hard to relate to, and while it is always a joy to look at the next great project to support biking in Copenhagen or Amsterdam, the authors have decided to focus on good practices from regions and cities that are catching up, to show that it is very much possible today to set the goal of becoming a Cycling City within the next decade, and achieve this with concrete steps and visible impacts even in the short term of one political mandate.
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Environmental benefits of EVs adoption
Area: ItalyCategory:Firstly, findings of our pilot action showed that the adoption of electric vehicles, and in the specific case of a e-VAN, contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere compared to conventional vehicles. Consequently, Electric vehicles represent an opportunity also for the transportation of agricultural and food products, especially for the last-mile delivery. However, the testing phase of the project allowed to identify several criticalities of the project and possible solutions.
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Monitoring data
Area: ItalyCategory:The pilot 3 test was supported by the Enel X web platform which provides several information and especially: the location of the used charging station, the CARD reference, the start and end time of the charging process, the duration of the charging process, the cost of service, the energy delivered (kWh), the type of plug used and the amount of CO2 saved. Considering this last data, Enel X has created an algorithm that translates the kWh delivered through the charging infrastructure into pollutants saved to the environment, the e-Mobility Emission Saving tool.
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Electric vehicle choice
Area: ItalyCategory:One of the best practices certainly include the choice of electric vehicle, Nissan e-NV200, which proved suitable for the routes and loads designated by the project. The management model for electromobility was also sufficient through Phisical Internet technologies, i.e. tools to retrieve data from the recharging infrastructure, creating an open, connected, efficient and sustainable logistics system
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Criticalities to solve
Area: ItalyCategory:One of the main critical issues is linked to a low diffusion and heterogeneous distribution of the fast or ultra-fast charging points in the area under investigation. The poor distribution of the charging points, Fast and Ultrafast, and their heterogeneous distribution in the territory under study is certainly the result of the absence of a planning strategy for the charging infrastructures which do not take into consideration the demand for transport. From this point of view, local authorities can play an important role especially in the planning phase of the charging networks, to be carried out only after a careful analysis of the demand for both freight and passenger transport, which could create better conditions for a greater sustainability of the distribution system at the local level. Regarding the use of the electric vehicle, no serious criticalities emerge, although some problems related to the lower performance of electric vehicles compared to conventional vehicles, and in particular to a shorter range or payload, are confirmed. Closely connected to the problem of few charging points deployed in the territory is the duration of the battery recharge which has emerged as one of the major critical issues. In order to promote the electromobility, consumer-oriented measures can be divided into two main branches, reducing the cost gap between electric and combustion engine vehicles (incentives and subsidies) or promoting the use of vehicles (presence of infrastructure and various benefits such as free access in restricted traffic zones).
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Stakeholder engagement to promote sustainable transport systems
Area: ItalyCategory:In general, more collaborative methods, to be structured in terms of system innovation, should be inaugurated, contributing to a shared vision of urban mobility which takes into account all stakeholders, to ensure the system works in a more efficient way. From this point of view, local authorities could create strategic partnerships with logistics operators and other supply chain stakeholders to understand the main needs, identify the main issues and implement strategies aimed at promoting an environmentally delivery of freight.
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Installation of two charging stations in GoriΕ΅ka region
Area: SloveniaCategory:Within the project ENERMOB, cofunded by the Interreg ADRION programme we implemented the pilot action - installation of two charging stations for electric vehicles and testing of electric vehicles. The impact of the results were positive, as a few other municipalites were interested in installation of the charging stations in their territory.
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Installation of bike-sharing station
Area: SloveniaCategory:Installation of two bike sharing stations in GoriΕ΅ka region for electric bycicles. The bike sharing station was implemented by the project MUSE, Interreg Slo - Ita.
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Technically upgrading existing E-CS, connecting them into a interoperable network and monitoring
Area: SloveniaCategory:Within the project E -MOTICON, Interreg ALPINE space was implemented pilot action: Technically upgrading existing E-CS, connecting them into a interoperable network and monitoring (use upon localization, usage of electricity, malfunctioning, RFID card), setting up help line, use instruction. Sustainability was assured by integrating the network into a larger one, connecting 3 regions.
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Practical support to the municipalities in the implementation of sustainable energy policies and in adapting to environmental changes identified
Area: SloveniaCategory:The SECAP project is part of the Interreg Slovenia-Italy program. The common challenge of the project is to provide practical support to the municipalities of the partner areas in the implementation of sustainable energy policies and in adapting to environmental changes identified in the transition from the Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) to the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP). The main objective of the project is to help local operators improve their energy planning capacity by focusing on energy saving, renewables, reducing CO2 emissions and mitigating measures related to climate change.
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REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR GORIΕ KA STATISTICAL REGION 2021 - 2027
Area: SloveniaCategory:Regional Delepment programme is a strategical document, prepared by four regional agencies for a programming period 2021 - 2027. In the document are presented the priorities and actions for the municipalities to be implemented. Part of the regional development programme is also electromobilty.
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Local Electromobility Network in Ragusa province
Area: ItalyCategory:The pilot for the Ragusa region was developed with the intermodal transport terminals and school centres. This ensured that demand for passenger transport could be tapped into as well as the promotion of EV modes of transports for inter-city commuting purposes. Through this, tourists passing through the airport could make use of such infrastructure as well as targetting medium-range commuters travelling to and from home, school and work.
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Inductive Charging for Electric Buses
Area: ItalyCategory:The electric buses were earmarked to service the Limited Traffic Zone (LTZ) for the city centre, as this had been converted into such an area in a bid to improve air quality. This type of charging was opted for, as it did not require higher battery capacity, and therefore higher purchasing costs of the said vehicles. Additionally, the inductive charging system brought about other advantages such as time efficiency (as the vehicles do not need to stop and recharge, but recharge while operating); passenger comfort experience (due to less noise and vibrations) and better air quality in the city centre. In the long-run, this has contributed to the profitability of the fleets as it has extended service life of the electric buses, due to the frequent top ups, as well as reducing the need to have bigger battery capacity, for each electric bus. The system is an all season-friendly one as charging is automated and possible under all weather conditions. The pilot project was deemed a success to the extent that a call for tenders was issued in January 2021 for the purchase of a further 100 electric buses, along with a 10 year service maintenance agreement, with a budget of 72 million Euros.. These buses will be integrated within the public transport network being run, in the city, along with the previous ones utilised in the pilot delineated above.
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City of Ragusa places first in national funding programme for the purchase of electric school buses
Area: ItalyCategory:Ragusa placed first in a national funding programme, for the purchase of 6 electric school buses. This emanated from a Ministerial Act of 2020, which seeks to improve centralised school transportation for school children between the ages of 3 and 13. Along with the school buses, charging infrastructure will also be procured and installed, according to the data emanating from PSCS (Piano di Spostamento Casa-Scuola) - a policy document which provide alternatives for automotive use, for commuters between schools as a workplace for staff and students and home. The overall benefits of such a solution would be numerous - such as citizen awareness of EVs; exposure of future generations to EVs; better air quality as well as less noise pollution. The 6 electric school buses will complement the first 3 already in use in the City of Ragusa, for such purposes.
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Cross-Border Fast Charging
Area: Italy, AustriaCategory:Austria and Italy share a 420 km-long border, and therefore long distance e-mobility travelling is a shared concern between cross-border countries. For this reason, this project was also funded under the CEF and involved 4 TEN-T corridors. The EVA+ project has 3 main aims: understanding further EV customer expectations; deploying an extensive network of fast chargers in IT and OS as well as that of creating an e-roaming system with 1 single contract for users. The 85 million Euro project also envisaged a pilot project which involved customers, charging point operators; DSO; highway operators and EVSE providers, and therefore assuring a cross-sectoral approach as well as strategic collaboration on e-mobility. The charging network foresaw 180 fast chargers in Italy and 20 in Austria - all of which providing compatibility with the current EVs on the market and hence, assuring interoperability. Additionally, smart grid management was also developed, with the involvement of 2 stakeholders (both leading Italian and Austrian DSOs) taking part in this project.
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Cross border project for solar car port infrastructure
Area: ItalyCategory:This cross-border partnership involved port authorities in Malta (Valletta) and Italy (Gela and Catania) and provided solutions on how fossil fuel dependency can be reduced through the production of RES and charging of EVs. This consisted of the procurement and installation of solar charging ports in the ports of Catania (4-car station) as well as charging infrastructure in the province of Caltanissetta. The project also purchased over 40 BEVs for use in the different participating areas. Moreover, a study was undertaken to determine the feasibility of powering berthed vessels using electricity instead of heavy fuel oil (HFO). The aim of this study was to improve air quality; reduce fossil fuel dependency; improve accessibility and reduce noise pollution within port areas. Additionally, a Green Plan was also produced to recommend further policies for the decarbonisation of port areas, in all participating regions.
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Ministerial Decree no. 219/2015
Area: ItalyCategory:This came into force on 01.012016 and with this instrument, the Italian Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure regulated the so-called "retro fit" and the possibility to convert internal combustion engine (ICE) into electric vehicles.
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Linee Guida Mobilita' Elettrica
Area: ItalyCategory:In these Guidelines published on the 19.07.2019, a plan to cater for electromobility is being drawn up, for the entire region, setting out the roll out of electromobility within the region, the technical specifications of charging infrastructure; the mobility trends within the region as well as the actions that may be undertaken by different stakeholders, to carry out the work programme delineated by these Guidelines.
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Measures to promote the use of sustainable school transportation
Area: ItalyCategory:This legal instrument has set out a package of measures which will promote the use of energy-efficient and clean vehicles for school transportation which will in turn, also increase awareness among the general public and children, particularly, on the benefits of using EVs as opposed to ICE.
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