ESPRIT. Easily distributed Personal RapId Transit

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1 ESPRIT Easily distributed Personal RapId Transit Dr Richard Mounce Centre for Transport Research, University of Aberdeen ESPRIT WP8 (Demonstration, Dissemination and Exploitation)

2 How to share cars Carpooling Fill the cars Carsharing Increase the use rate of cars Transported passengers 10M 3M Efficient for long distance. Not working for commuting to work A solution for short distances? A solution for commuting to work?

3 One way car sharing : the service meeting the demand One way car sharing Conventional car sharing

4 One-way carsharing Transportation both in urban and suburban areas is unsustainable in terms of congestion, pollution, etc. One-way electric-vehicle car-sharing systems, such as Car2go or Autolib, offer an alternative for personal urban mobility There are two million users of one-way car-sharing systems in Europe today and this is 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 redistribution problem, but this is currently a considerable time into the future Châtelet station car cluster at Muiderpoort station neares t car car cluster at Amstel station no cars for 1 kilometre In central Paris - Autolib car clusters by train stations central Amsterdam Car2go cars unused for 5 days Montreal - Comunauto

5 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 charging point 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

6 ESPRIT prototype vehicle 6

7 ESPRIT vehicle interior 7

8 ESPRIT prototype 8

9 ESPRIT vehicle testing 9

10 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 compensation relied upon by the present OEM operators. ESPRIT will be able to encourage downtown congestion-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.

11 How ESPRIT works 11

12 ESPRIT: a multimodal solution 12

13 13 efficient vehicle distribution city centre free-floating operation trains redistribution during afternoon rush hour redistribution during morning rush hour ESPRIT stations an ESPRIT station

14 ESPRIT final demonstration events Events will last two days and include: Vehicle testing Focus groups Exhibitions Stakeholder workshops Lyon demonstration event Date: 29 th and 30 th 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

15 Planned development of the ESPRIT vehicle and system Product development and number of ESPRIT vehicles in circulation Recommendations Implementation Tests & justifications ESPRIT transport system local approval achieved ESPRIT transport system deployed in several countries TRL9 200x 2000x 2000 vehicles in circulation end of 2025 Full deployment in follower sites Production capability = 0.5 vehicles/day (200 vehicles in circulation at end of 2022) TRL5 50x TRL8 1st series of production vehicles produced (50 vehicles exist at end of 2021) ESPRIT2 (H2020 Innovation action) 1st full scale show case operational trial in Glasgow, Lyon or L Hospitalet Additional studies performed, initial operational trials with infrastructure, further testing for homologation for public use ESPRIT (H2020 Research & Innovation action) 3x Proof of concept of vehicle validated (3 vehicles in circulation summer 2018)

16 ESPRIT Project Partners The ESPRIT project has received funding from the European Union s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

17 ESPRIT Contacts ESPRIT Project Coordinator: Valéry Cervantès ESPRIT Project Management Office: Géraud Moulas ESPRIT website: Twitter: Facebook: Personal-Rapid-Transit