Imagine a city where electric buses, delivery vans, and bikes all talk to each other and the power grid to avoid traffic and energy crashes. It's like a digital conductor making sure every electric vehicle charges when it's cheapest and moves when it's most needed. The goal is to make city travel seamless and green without the usual growing pains of new tech.
Cities struggle to integrate electric, automated, and connected transport without causing grid instability or operational chaos. There is a lack of coordinated business models to manage shared zero-emission fleets for both people and goods.
A MetaInnovations toolkit featuring 6 technologies: grid-demand alignment, AI-datawarehousing, inductive charging, remote control/ADAS, V2X protocols, and digital twin optimization.
If you are a delivery provider dealing with inefficient routing and charging downtime — this project developed a toolkit with 6 smart technologies, including digital twin optimisation and electric vehicle scheduling, that improves fleet efficiency.
If you are a transit operator dealing with the high cost of manual charging and scheduling — this project developed inductive automated charging and remote control centers that reduce operational friction.
If you are a grid operator dealing with power spikes from electric fleets — this project developed a system to align grid supply with fleet demand to prevent local outages.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or cost structures are not provided as the project is currently in the implementation phase.
The systems are being pioneered in 4 trailblazer cities (Amsterdam, Munich, Limassol, Tampere) and then transferred to 6 follower cities.
Based on available project data, the specific licensing terms are not mentioned, though the project focuses on transferring successful use cases across cities.
The project develops a MetaPolicy Package to update urban transport policies and align with the Green Deal and SUMP/SULP targets.
The project runs from 2024-01-01 to 2027-12-31, aiming for a transition to green metamobility by 2030.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward commercial application, with a 50% industry ratio (22 industry partners). It includes 12 SMEs, suggesting a mix of agile tech providers and larger infrastructure operators across 13 countries, providing a strong base for cross-border scaling.
Contact the European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination Organisation (BE)
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