Dr Richard Mounce
Centre for Transport Research, University of Aberdeen
ESPRIT WP8 (Demonstration, Dissemination and Exploitation)
E-mail: [email protected]
ESPRITEasily diStributed Personal RapId Transit
Carpooling Fill the cars
Efficient for long distance. Not
working for commuting to work
Carsharing Increase the use rate of cars
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
10M
3M
Transported passengers
A solution for short distances? A
solution for commuting to work?
How to share cars
One way car sharing : the service meeting the demand
Conventional car sharing
One way car sharing
⚫ Transportation both in urban and suburban areas is unsustainable in terms ofcongestion, pollution, etc.
⚫ One-way electric-vehicle car-sharing systems, such as Car2go or Autolib, offer analternative for personal urban mobility
⚫ There are two million users of one-way car-sharing systems in Europe today and thisis predicted to rise to around 30% of the market within the next 20 to 30 years.
⚫ However, vehicle supply is unreliable: demand cannot be met on time and regular use is unaffordable for most people, due to the high cost of one-by-one redistribution and extensive charging infrastructure.
⚫ The development of autonomous vehicles may provide a solution to the redistributionproblem, but this is currently a considerable time into the future
One-way carsharing
car cluster at Amstel
station
car cluster at Muiderpoort
station
no cars for 1 kilometreIn central Paris - Autolib
car clusters by train stationscentral Amsterdam – Car2go
nearest car
Châteletstation
cars unused for 5 daysMontreal - Comunauto
The ESPRIT project
⚫ The ESPRIT project is developing a lightweight, L6 category, electric vehicle⚫ The ESPRIT vehicle has an innovative coupling mechanism that enables roadtrains of
up to 8 vehicles to be redistributed easily, thereby assuring availability, affordable use and enabling widespread implementation
⚫ Innovative charging mechanism allows charging of a road train from a single chargingpoint whilst prioritising the lead vehicle
⚫ The first protype vehicle has been completed, and there are two more under production⚫ The project will finish in October 2018
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ESPRIT prototype vehicle
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ESPRIT vehicle interior
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ESPRIT vehicle testing
ESPRIT in city centres and suburban areas
ESPRIT in city centres will be able to greatly improve the efficiency of existing one-way carsharing services, correcting the continual imbalance of distribution
with roadtrains to keep an optimum supply in all areas.With a reliable and affordable service ESPRIT is expected to double the present
average of vehicle uses per day to over 10, making them
totally viable without the promotional compensationrelied upon by the present OEM operators.
ESPRIT will be able to encourage downtowncongestion-free zones, by offering a vehicle to all,
when required.
ESPRIT services in suburban areas will be able to complement and extend
bus services, taking people to local PT hubs, railway and metro stations.
ESPRIT can adapt to demand. To maintain the supply of cars extra staff are
only needed during rush hours, unlike micro-bus shuttle services that need to
run empty sometimes to keep the service open. Like the bus services
suburban ESPRIT services are also expected to receive subsidies.
How ESPRIT works
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ESPRIT: a multimodal solution
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efficient vehicle distribution
redistribution during morning
rush hour
trains
redistribution during afternoon
rush hour
ESPRIT stationsan ESPRIT station
city centre free-floating operation
⚫ Events will last two days and include:
⚫ Vehicle testing
⚫ Focus groups
⚫ Exhibitions
⚫ Stakeholder workshops
⚫ Lyon demonstration event
Date: 29th and 30th August 2018
Venue: Confluences, Lyon, France
⚫ Glasgow demonstration event
Date: 11th and 12th September 2018
Venue: Hillington Park, Glasgow, UK
⚫ L’Hospitalet demonstration event
Date: 25th and 26th September 2018
Venue: near Smart City Expo Centre, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
ESPRIT final demonstration events
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ESPRIT (H2020 Research & Innovation action)
ESPRIT2(H2020 Innovation
action)
TRL5
3x
50x
TRL8
TRL9
200x
2000xProduct
development
and number
of ESPRIT
vehicles in
circulation
Proof of concept of vehicle validated
(3 vehicles in circulation – summer 2018)
Additional studies performed,
initial operational trials with
infrastructure, further testing for
homologation for public use
1st series of production vehicles produced
(50 vehicles exist at end of 2021)
1st full scale show case operational
trial in Glasgow, Lyon or L’Hospitalet
(200 vehicles in circulation
at end of 2022)
ESPRIT transport system
deployed in several countries
2000 vehicles in circulation end of 2025
RecommendationsImplementation
Tests &
justifications
ESPRIT transport system local approval achieved
Full deployment in follower sites
Production capability = 0.5
vehicles/day
Planned development of the ESPRIT vehicle and system
ESPRIT Project Partners
The ESPRIT project has received funding
from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under
grant agreement No 653395.
ESPRIT Contacts
ESPRIT Project Coordinator:
Valéry Cervantès – [email protected]
ESPRIT Project Management Office:
Géraud Moulas – [email protected]
ESPRIT website:
http://www.esprit-transport-system.eu
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