ELMOS promotes the invention of electric mobility in the small & medium sized towns & cities of the SBA. The specific focus lies on intermodal offers that complement (public) transport chains, and for which no practical examples exist in the region yet. Driving forces & focal points for establishing intermodal e-mobility in the SBA are five cities in DE, SE & PL, which want to become forerunners but are therefore also newcomers in the field.

They cooperate across borders and with umbrella organisations for this purpose. Activities and aims:

1. REVIEWING & ADAPTING THE INTERNATIONAL STATE-OF-THE-ART OF E-MOBILITY FOR USE IN THE SBA: Aim is to centrally “import” knowledge on intermodal e-mobility and to process it for small & medium sized towns. This is necessary as e-mobility is a partly confusing field. It takes lots of efforts to keep an overview. At the same time, only few initiatives have intermodal character and take place in smaller cities. For identifying best models, forerunner cities join forces with umbrella organisations. Guidance by independent experts gives further support. Sources of knowledge are national initiatives & model regions from all over Europe. Activities include best practice surveys, conferences with (inter)national experts, study trips & guidance by an international e-mobility expert panel.
2. ELABORATING INTERMODAL E-MOBILITY CONCEPTS IN SMALL & MEDIUM SIZED FORERUNNER CITIES: The strategies make intermodal e-mobility an integrated part of the (public) transport planning & systems of forerunner cities. They are elaborated in stages: A first “layer” concentrates on e-mobility modes that can be put into practice at short term (e.g. pedelecs). Further layers prepare more visionary concepts (e.g. eCar pooling) for implementation in longer term. The cities elaborate the concepts with help of e-mobility experts. The central knowledge import supplies them with relevant expertise for the different stages. Exchange workshops & expert panel reviews give further support.
3. SETTING UP & PROMOTING DEMONSTRATORS OF INTERMODAL E-MOBILITY IN FORERUNNER CITIES: They put the first layer of intermodal e-mobility concepts into practice (e.g. pedelec rentals). The aim is to induce a first, concrete behavioural shift of the population towards using intermodal e-mobility offers. The implementation is analogously embedded into cross-border exchange & central knowledge import and accompanied by extensive promotion campaigns.
4. PROMOTING THE USE OF INTERMODAL E-MOBILITY IN OTHER SMALL & MEDIUM SIZED CITIES IN THE SBA: Results of knowledge import & activities in forerunner cities are continuously compiled & processed into a handbook. Regional & international dissemination events spread them to other towns.

UPON ITS FINALISATION, ELMOS will have created first concrete examples of intermodal e-mobility in the SBA, induced long-term strategies in 5 forerunner cities and laid foundations for use in other town & cities in the region.