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.
NEWS
2nd City Workshop in Rome
On 27 November 2019, ELVITEN city partner – Rome held its second city workshop in the IX EUR City Hall of Rome organised by the dedicated Municipality. Municipality representatives of the workshop included the Capitoline councilor Linda Meleo (responsible for infrastructure), the municipal councilor Alessandro Drago (responsible for Mobility, Suburbs, Community Programs, Simple Rome) and the technical director of the Municipality Giacomo Guastella.
The main topic of the ELVITEN workshop was the long-term sharing of electric bikes. It presented technical aspects, objectives and expectations of the project with a special focus on travel data in Rome, but also of the other pilot cities. During the workshop, an interactive debate with public representatives took place, introducing the possibility of creating soft mobility corridors or routes dedicated to electric vehicles (max. 30 km/h). These corridors aim at improving the infrastructure, optimising the sharing processes and encouraging electric mobility.
The electric vehicles in Rome are registered as two-wheel mopeds and therefore require the use of helmet and a driver’s license. They are usually used for home-work trips, professional or personal purposes throughout the territory of Rome. The 60 bikes are free of charge and target employees of public bodies and private companies based in Rome.
A short video summarising the 2nd workshop in Rome is available (in Italian) on ELVITEN YouTube channel.
A press report (in Italian) of the Rome Municipality.
On 27 November 2019, ELVITEN city partner – Rome held its second city workshop in the IX EUR City Hall of Rome organised by the dedicated Municipality. Municipality representatives of the workshop included the Capitoline councilor Linda Meleo (responsible for infrastructure), the municipal councilor Alessandro Drago (responsible for Mobility, Suburbs, Community Programs, Simple Rome) and […]
Genova Smart Week 2019
The Genova Smart Week 2019 took place from 25 to 30 November 2019 offering events, meetings and initiatives dedicated to the Smart City and the Circular Economy, promoted by the Genoa Smart City Association and the Municipality of Genoa. The goal of the 5th edition was to present the best practices of companies and institutions and to analyse the patterns of development of the smart city.
Six days full of conferences, exhibitions, workshops and technical meetings for operators and test drives on electric vehicles in the heart of the city. ELVITEN project partner in Genoa – Duferco Energia showcased to visitors ELVITEN’s electric vehicles’ features, replied to a lot of questions and curiosities on E-mobility and described the project’s opportunities for consumers. Overall, the one-week event was successful at familiarizing citizens, users, industry and local politicians with future practices in the mobility sector.
ELVITEN project partner Duferco Energia SpA is a Duferco Group company operating in the Italian energy market. Created to manage the Group’s investments in renewable production plants, it subsequently focused on the marketing of electricity and gas for all market segments.
The Genova Smart Week 2019 took place from 25 to 30 November 2019 offering events, meetings and initiatives dedicated to the Smart City and the Circular Economy, promoted by the Genoa Smart City Association and the Municipality of Genoa. The goal of the 5th edition was to present the best practices of companies and institutions […]
ELVITEN @ STA Annual Conference and Innovation Awards
On 26 November 2019, ELVITEN participated in the STA Annual Conference and Innovation Awards in Brussels.
During the Session 1: Bringing Smart Transportation Infrastructures to Reality, various projects focused on smart transportation infrastructure were presented, e.g. ELVITEN and PAsCAL. Mr José F. Papí, President & SG of STA and ELVITEN project partner – S3Transportation (Smart, Safe and Sustainable Transportation), presented ELVITEN first results to the audience. He described the general goal of the project and achievements so far, including the dashboard where you can check the latest data gathered from ELV trips, users feedback and ICT tools.
Session 2: Discussing the Smart Transportation Infrastructures of the Future explored among other topics: the future of transport research in the next framework programme – Horizon Europe and current challenges of EU instruments providing funding for transport infrastructure projects.
The last session of the conference, the ‘STA Innovation Awards’, honoured global innovators that contributed to deploying smart transportation infrastructures, and to improving the methods, technologies and standards associated with transportation infrastructures. The awards were given in two categories:
- Person of the Year 2019: Mr Steve Phillips, Secretary-General at Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) & Mr Gauthier Michaux, Head of Road Signalling at the Service Public de Wallonie – Mobilité & Infrastructures (Belgium)
- Best Innovation Projects 2019: NOESIS: Novel Decision Support tool for Evaluating Strategic Big Data Investments in Transport and Intelligent Mobility Services & BIOREPAVATION: Innovation in Bio-Recycling of Old Asphalt Pavements
On 26 November 2019, ELVITEN participated in the STA Annual Conference and Innovation Awards in Brussels. During the Session 1: Bringing Smart Transportation Infrastructures to Reality, various projects focused on smart transportation infrastructure were presented, e.g. ELVITEN and PAsCAL. Mr José F. Papí, President & SG of STA and ELVITEN project partner – S3Transportation (Smart, Safe […]
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We demonstrate the ELVITEN solutions to the citizens of six different cities across Europe. ELVITEN expands pre-existing electrified transport systems with light vehicles in these areas.