About us

Project background

Within the Green Cars Initiative launched in the context of the European Recovery Plan, the European Union supports research and development of road transport solutions which have the potential to achieve a breakthrough in the use of renewable and non-polluting energy sources. With dwindling fossil resources, electromobility and EV become ever more important, especially with respect to climate change. To this end, the project Green eMotion was selected to enable a mass deployment of electromobility in Europe.

Multidisciplinary research

43 partners from industry, the energy sector, electric vehicles manufacturers, municipalities as well as universities and research institutions have joined forces in the Green eMotion project. The aim is to develop and to demonstrate a commonly accepted and user-friendly framework consisting of interoperable and scalable technical solutions in connection with a sustainable business platform. Smart Grid developments, innovative ICT solutions, different types of EVs as well as urban mobility concepts will be taken into account for the implementation of this framework. The four year project will start in March 2011. It has a total budget of 42 Mio. € and will be funded by the European Commission with 24 Mio. €.

What we do

A European effort

Green eMotion will connect ongoing regional and national electromobility initiatives leveraging on the results and comparing the different technology approaches to ensure the best solutions prevail for the European market. A virtual marketplace will be created to enable the different actors to interact and to allow for new highvalue transportation services as well as EV-user convenience in billing (EU Clearing House).

In addition, the Green eMotion project will demonstrate the integration of electromobility into electrical networks and contribute to the improvement and development of new and existing standards for electromobility interfaces, as the acceptance of electromobility requires international harmonization and depends to a large extent on:

  • the ability to recharge batteries safely, anytime and anywhere
  • an interface that make recharging as easy as pumping fuel, e. g. with rapid DC charging technologies, inductive and battery swapping infrastructures
  • a telecommunications infrastructure that enables billing and recharging anywhere in Europe

or for short: standards for interoperability in Europe. To prove the interoperability of the framework, Green eMotion will demonstrate the elaborate technical solutions in some of the participating demonstration regions.

Best practice prevails

Green eMotion will facilitate the understanding of all stakeholders about the parameters which influence the achievement of best possible results for society, environment as well as economy and thus ensure transfer of best practices. As a result, policy makers, urban planners and electric utilities will receive a reference model for a sustainable rollout of electromobility in Europe.