The electromobile city: An innovation network approach to urban electric mobility

This paper introduces the innovation network "Electromobile City". Derived from trends affecting future personal mobility, such as an increasing degree of urbanization and the ongoing need for individual mobility, urban regions are identified as incubators for electric mobility. The fit of EV and urban regions additionally founds on the limited range of EV, the potential of noise and pollutant emission reduction, the possibility of city planning to influence mobility behavior of inhabitants, and the instruments available to cities to influence the diffusion of EV. Motivated from the extended electromobile value chain, which includes energy providers, ICT, electricity grid operators, mobility services providers, etc., the need for collaboration between those industries and urban regions is identified. To address this need, the innovation network "Electromobile City", founded by Fraunhofer IAO, is presented