ee-Tour - efficient electromobility and tourism
Overview
Background & policy context:
The project "ee-tour allgäu“ was funded by the ministry of economics of the Federal Republic of Germany and the private partners in this collaborative research project. Funding was granted in the contest “ICT for electro-mobility” together with 6 more model regions. The project sets out for supplying a non-urban region with electric cars for the first time. No previous results were available.
Objectives:
Core topics of the project were technical challenges (installation of electric charging stations, intelligent and user friendly fleet management and appropriate propulsion and battery technologies), as well as information and communication technologies particularly designed for electric vehicles in form of car-PCs.
Apart from the technical solutions, sustainable business models associated tariffing and invoicing systems were developed and tested. For experiencing the possibilities of actually using electric vehicles, since mid 2010 more than 50 different vehicles were made available to tourists and locals at various rental points across the Allgau region in Bavaria.
Moreover, the deployment options of electric vehicles in daily business are tested with company fleets (e.g. with the Allgau Energy Supplier AUW) and possibly with social services.
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