The sector of EL-Vs has difficulty to express their competitive edge, squeezed between e-car market, supported by leading world players ensuring research and marketing investments, and e-bikes, whose user-friendliness enabled immediate market penetration. Nevertheless, EL-Vs are comparable solutions to overcome mobility problems effectively, by replacing ICE vehicles or creating new sustainable services.
Being aware of this, the EU Commission showed great concern for a few exploratory projects, among which, ELVITEN (H2020), which has started on 1st November 2017, in order to stimulate concretely EL-Vs uptake through the development of 8 pilot cases in EU urban areas.

The sector of EL-Vs has difficulty to express their competitive edge, squeezed between e-car market, supported by leading world players ensuring research and marketing investments, and e-bikes, whose user-friendliness enabled immediate market penetration. Nevertheless, EL-Vs are comparable solutions to overcome mobility problems effectively, by replacing ICE vehicles or creating new sustainable services. Being aware of […]