Ricerc@Sapienza

Although electric passenger cars tend to capture the lion’s share in visioning and designing cleaner mobility patterns, research continuously provides directions to support cleaner public transport systems and in recent times electrification has become more and more a core field of study. An example is ELIPTIC (2015-2018), a project funded by the European Commission, with the aim to develop new concepts to optimise existing electric public transport infrastructure and rolling stock on eleven use cases across Europe.

ELIPTIC (2015-2018) is a project funded by the European Commission to develop 20 new concepts to demonstrate that the further take-up of electric vehicles can be done in a cost-efficient way, with tangible effects on the urban environment. The concepts are divided into three thematic pillars: i) safe integration of electric buses using existing electric public transport infrastructure; ii) innovative energy storage systems to increase operational efficiency, and iii) multi-purpose use of electric public transport infrastructure.