THE ELVITEN PROJECT
ELVITEN demonstrates the usefulness of light electrified vehicles for urban transportation. Our focus is on bicycles, scooters, tricycles and quadricycles (EL-VS). We work for more innovative, more sustainable and more connected urban mobility in Europe.

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The main findings of ELVITEN’s final event
The presentations and recordings of this event are available here.
On 21 October, the ELVITEN project celebrated its conclusion with a final event dedicated to sustainable mobility.
This event was attended by more than 200 individuals interested in the accomplishments of this project, and 8 partners coming from the different pilot cities presented the main findings of the research and elaborated on user’s behavior regarding EL-Vs.
ELVITEN promotes innovation, sustainability and urban mobility in Europe through demonstrating the usefulness of electrified L-category vehicles (EL-Vs) for urban transportation in six pilot cities: Bari, Berlin, Genoa, Malaga, Rome and Trikala.
Overall, 644 users registered to use the service in the six pilot cities for a total of 38,866 trips. With the COVID-19 pandemic, pilot cities became a privileges observatory to assess changes in mobility: there was a major increase in light electric vehicle usage in the 6 demonstration cities at the end of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Silvia Andreussi, Project Manager City of Rome – IX District (RomaC), gave an overview on how Rome pilot project has been implemented, from the signature of usage agreement, to the creation of Regional Support Groups, from the collection of data to the dissemination activities. Now that ELVITEN is coming to an end, the city of Rome will continue investing in EL-Vs and will collaborate with the Polytechnic University of Bari to define a Plan for Light Electric Mobility in Rome.
Alessandro Rinaldi and Prof. Maria Pia Fanti from Polytechnic University of Bari gave a look to the future, explaining how cities could adapt for a smooth deployment of EL-Vs. In particular, a plan for EL-Vs is now necessary: public authorities are called to redesign urban space to facilitate an efficient diversification of the mobility offer and ensure coexistence of different transport modes.
Anna Antonakopoulou, from ICCS, presented the usage and acceptance of light electric vehicles in the six demonstrations cities. In fact, she explains the collection of data which allowed the understanding of the acceptance of such vehicles from its 67 users and during 38.866 trips. Based on different figures, it was demonstrated that the users who did not use the vehicles on a regular basis, became with time, regular users.
Cino Repetto, from T-Bridge, forwards an interesting element which affected the data of EL-Vs usage. In fact, during the last months of experimentation, pilot cities became a privileges observatory to understand how COVID-19 pandemic changed the mobility system. The needs and habits of users have been profoundly changed by this pandemic and will have repercussions in the years to come. Jose F. Papi, from S3Transportaton, shows that there was a major increase in light electric vehicle usage in the 6 demonstration cities at the end of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Maria Georgakaki, from EMISIA, explained that when it comes to introducing EL-Vs in urban mobility, there is no evidence that replacing passenger cars with electric vehicles will reduce travel times. Additionally, the study of EL-Vs acceptance showcased the important role and influence of facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, experience and habit towards the behavior use of EL-Vs. However, further research should be made to understand this innovation in terms of urban mobility
In order to better understand the project, you are welcome to watch the final video here.
The presentations and recordings of this event are available here. On 21 October, the ELVITEN project celebrated its conclusion with a final event dedicated to sustainable mobility. This event was attended by more than 200 individuals interested in the accomplishments of this project, and 8 partners coming from the different pilot cities presented the main […]
The ELVITEN Project in Pictures
2nd World Light Electric Vehicle Summit (22 to 23 November 2017)
PPRS 2018 (27 March 2018)
ITS World Congress (18 September 2018)
AEC 2018, Avere E-mobility Conference (18 October 2018)
ITS European Congress (4 to 5 June 2019)
7th World Collaborative Congress (18 to 19 September 2019)
Restart Mai City (27 September 2019)
STA Annual Conference and Innovation awards (26 November 2019)
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ERTICO Virtual Conference (28 May 2020)
Urban Mobility Days (29 September and 2 October 2020)
ELVITEN’s final event (21 October 2020)
2nd World Light Electric Vehicle Summit (22 to 23 November 2017) PPRS 2018 (27 March 2018) ITS World Congress (18 September 2018) AEC 2018, Avere E-mobility Conference (18 October 2018) ITS European Congress (4 to 5 June 2019) 7th World Collaborative Congress (18 to 19 September 2019) Restart Mai City (27 September 2019) STA Annual […]
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