European strategic processes towards competitive, sustainable and user-friendly electrified road transport

摘要

The European transport system will have to drastically change and adapt in order to respond to a multitude of societal challenges as well as to changing mobility needs Reduction of CO_2 and other pollutant emissions, global competitiveness and use-centred approaches arc major requirements to develop a sustainable and economically competitive European transport system. Electrified road transport has long been identified to be able to contribute strongly to all of the above mentioned. The present contribution reflects on the interplay strategies and processes that are followed by the Furopean transport R&D&I community, public authorities and user-driven initiatives. The European transport R&D&I community including industry and academia as well as relevant related stakeholders addressed electrification of road transport as a means to tackle societal challenges but also in order to stay competitive in a rapidly changing international transport and mobility landscape. In particular, the European Technology Platforms ERTRAC (the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council), EPoSS (European Technology Platform for Smart Systems Integration) and the ETIP SNET (former SmartGrids) jointly drafted the European Roadmap on Electrification of Road Transport and initiate activities towards its implementation. The European Commission released a "European strategy for low emission mobility" in July 2016 with the aim to align the low carbon transportation system the Union is striving for with the increasing mobility needs of its citizens and the protection of the competitiveness of its industry. The development of the strategy is supported by several measures including the "Strategic Transport Research and Innovation Agenda" (STRIA) - a set of seven roadmaps dedicated to specific issues across all transport modes one of these being dedicated to electrification of transport in all modes. Furthermore, initiatives which focus on the user-perspective, as e.g. the CSA "Action Plan for the Future of Mobility in Europe" (Mobility4EU). beneficially bring in knowledge on how to plan the future transformation of the European mobility system in a comprehensive way. Conclusions are provided on the potential for innovation and disruption for joint initiatives of the three groups of players.