Caruso and eBRIDGE Project, p2p-E-Carsharing in Rural Areas

Christian Steger-Vonmetz Workshop with Pro-E-Bike project partners Lisbon, 22nd April 2015

Carsharing (UK Car Clubs) is the organized, shared use of cars

 Framework contract  24/7 booking and access  Independent use  Tariffs per time & distance

Don’t mistake Carsharing for Ridesharing, Carpooling

01. Carsharing Definition

“Successful carsharing development has tended to be associated mainly with densely populated areas such as city centers”

Wikipedia „Under current cost structures, E-Cars can‘t be run economically outside national funding programmes“

Bundesverband Carsharing, Germany

02. E-Carsharing

Common doctrine:

03. How it all began

03. How it all began

04. First Success

Our Concept

05. Caruso Carsharing

Involve and support people  Use the power of attraction of e-cars  modern ICT eases sharing – use it!  E-Cars have insignificant running cost – adapt your business model   subsidies and political support make it easy to start – give incentives to start-up

06. Examples: distributed all over Austria

06. Examples: Thüringerberg

06. Examples: Gaubitsch

Energy revolution – From Oil Derricks to Wind Mills

06. Examples: Auersthal

The 1 € Car

06. Examples: Krumbach

The 1 € Car

05. Examples: Krumbach

2.300 inhabitants

Organization

06. Stakeholder

Caruso  Carsharing  Mobility  Ins2tute  

PT  operator  

Facilitator  Municipality  

Local  Associa2on  (Operator)  

Actors  

eg:  Garage,  road  

assistance,  insurance,  

energy  supply  

Local  enterprises  

 User  Ci5zen  

Users: Male/femaile, across all age groups and purposes

06. Stakeholder

06. Summary

1 project must be anchored in the municipality/region

2 use professional ICT

3 access technology is the bottle-neck

4 e-cars fit perfect to rural carsharing

5 yes, it works J

Lessons Learned

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