Dear readers,
Welcome to the third issue of our eHUBS newsletter!
The eHUBS project is now halfway and is proud to present the first eHUBS on the streets of Nijmegen, Arnhem and Leuven. The other pilot cities (Amsterdam, Manchester, Dreux and Kempten) will follow soon in spring 2021. All partners have worked hard to achieve this result, and despite the complications brought by COVID, the project is progressing well.
The project has also been working on different activities, which will support the deployment of eHUBS in cities in North-West Europe and beyond.
We have developed a common visual identity for eHUBS and drafted many practical reports that will be useful for other cities and mobility providers, interested in getting involved in the implementation of eHUBS. A wide range of subjects were explored: the state-of-the-art of shared e-mobility; technical and functional requirements of eHUBS; a joint methodology to select locations for eHUBS; strategic and operational plans for eHUBS by pilot cities; a set of 10 recommendations for a wide uptake of shared electric mobility hubs; a prototype of a Service Level Agreement between a city and a shared mobility provider; and five prototypes of business models for eHUBS.
Finally, the project also actively contributed to a standard API (TOMP, Transport Operators to MaaS Providers) that facilitates integration of shared mobility in MaaS-apps.
I am very happy with the project's results up until now, but the work is not finished yet! The eHUBS partners will continue the work to make sure that more and more shared electric mobility options become available, as a viable alternative for the private car.
We wish you a pleasant reading!
On behalf of the consortium,
Arjen Rodenburg
Project manager eHUBS
