Renewable Energy Magazine, By Toby Price: Four smart European projects are driving electro-mobility forward, based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Demonstrating that CO2 reduction in urban areas and beyond is possible, as well as raising the public's awareness of the benefits of electro-mobility, are key goals of four European electro-mobility projects (MOBI.Europe, ICT4EVEU, MOLECULES and sm@rtCEM) that were launched together on an event at the European Parliament on 8 February 2012. Only consumer acceptance and the successful adoption of new technologies such as electric vehicles will allow the EU to meet its ambitious target to have no conventionally powered vehicles in cities any more by 2050, and to reduce the transport sector's carbon emissions by 60% by then. João Jesus Caetano, MOBI.Europe project coordinator, said “Our project brings together twelve public and private entities, some of which are at the forefront of the recent technological developments on electro-mobility in five European countries: Portugal, Ireland, The Netherlands, Spain, and France. MOBI.Europe is an integration project based on Information and Communication Technology Systems that aims to guarantee the interoperability of four different on-going initiatives across Europe at both the communication and business levels.” The key objectives of the four projects presented at the European Parliament include: • Increasing industry cooperation and supporting interoperability and common standards for the benefit of end-users; • Supporting the integration of electro-mobility as an alternative urban and interurban mobility solution by local authorities; • Test and develop standards for the integration of electro-mobility systems across countries; • Test Smart Charging solutions to increase the efficiency of the network and contribute to the integration of clean energy sources into the grid; • Demonstrating directly to the public the benefits of new vehicles and services and the interoperability of the solutions at city, national and cross-border levels. “Through MOBI.Europe we expect to contribute to the definition of communication and business standards that can help set a truly pan-European interoperable network for electric vehicles in the near future. And we also expect to illustrate the fact that European companies are becoming the main world innovators on this exciting and promising field of smart-connected electro-mobility”, said João Jesus Caetano Source: Renewable Energy Magazine
