Sempels, Hoffmann(2).pdf (Objet application/pdf) Les Transports Intelligents - Les exploitants de Transport Public. From Vélib’ to Autolib’: private corporations’ involvement in urban mobility policy. With the inauguration of Autolib’ on 5 December 2011, Paris became the capital of self-service mobility.
Following the launch of Vélib’ in 2007, the city was already home to the most ambitious self-service bike-hire system in the world, comprising 20,600 bicycles spread between 1,451 stations. Like Vélib’, Autolib’ – with its 3,000 electric vehicles spread between 1,200 stations, [1] to be complemented by some 6,000 recharge points – is intended to “revolutionise” [2] Parisians’ mobility through the collective use of what has long been considered an individualised mode of transport. Behind the innovations of these two services lie a less well-publicised transformation: the emergence of new private-sector players in the shaping of the city. Mobility is now managed by major urban services groups listed on the stock exchange, such as JCDecaux and Bolloré, in partnership with local authorities.
City of Irvine Website - Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE) 799ceeb6-77e8-483f-8c65-4d388cefbccf (Objet application/pdf) Autolib' : la voiture électrique en libre-service débarque à Paris. Une première cohorte d'une soixantaine de Bluecars d'Autolib', un système de voitures électriques en libre-service sur le modèle du vélo Vélib' lancé en 2007, sillonne pour la première fois dimanche 2 octobre les rues de Paris et sa banlieue.
Dix abris sont mis à la disposition du public dans différents quartiers de Paris. Le dispositif, encore en phase de tests, deviendra accessible au grand public le 5 décembre, avec au moins 250 véhicules. Quand le MIT imaginait sa version de l'Autolib', Technologies. UK Leading Car Sharing Club. Book review: Reinventing The Automobile - Personal Urban Mobility For The 21st Century. Protecting the power grid from electric vehicles. Honda, IBM, and a major utility has joined forces to solve the issue of what happens when many people with electric cars decide to plug-in at the same time.
Stakeholders from automakers to utilities are planning for a future where more households own electric vehicles. A pilot project is now underway to develop new technology that will uphold the power grid's reliability when it's time to plug in. American Honda Motor Co., IBM, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) are jointly working on a pilot project, announced today, to test "smart" charging solutions to manage electric vehicle charging. Think of it as energy rationing. "Rationing" might sound harsh, but today's power grids simply cannot handle an influx of EVs plugging in during peak hours.
Big Blue is handling the software side of the solution. Energy management is a strategic business for IBM, which now has 150 smart grid engagements worldwide. Vehicle-to-Grid Technology: Electric Cars Become Power-Grid Batteries. Imagine a car that runs quietly, burns no gas, produces no emissions, stores renewable energy, and sometimes even pays you back.
Seem like a pipe dream? Soon it won’t be. Vehicle-to-grid technology allows networks of electric vehicles (EVs) to function like a giant battery with an intelligent software interface feeding power from car to grid or grid to car on an as-needed basis. It’s now one step closer to U.S. commercialization. Professor Willett Kempton American cars sit parked and unused for an average of 23 hours per day, and the storage capacity of our current electrical grid infrastructure is limited at best.
Kempton sold the international license for the technology to the Danish company Nuuve in June of 2011. At the UD announcement, Kempton humorously referred to Thomas Edison’s famous statement that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration, saying, “I think he underestimated the amount of perspiration required”. Officials sign the partnership agreement. Borroni-Bird.pdf (Objet application/pdf) Connectivity Will Change the Future of Mobility Services, Says Frost & Sullivan.
Join the Visionary Thought-Exchange on the Future of Mobility and New Mobility Business Models at Frost & Sullivan's Upcoming Conference ‘Urban Mobility 3.0' London - 6 June 2012 - Global Mega Trends continue to impact mobility, and the effectiveness in how people and goods move around.
The world is experiencing rapid urbanisation, changes in the production and use of energy, changing social preferences, and rapidly advancing technology. All of these aspects play a key role in the mobility service the consumer of today expects. Yet there is one underlying trend that is leading to the convergence of products, technologies and indeed whole industries: Connectivity. With a forecast of 80 billion connected devices by 2020, or 500 devices per square km by 2020, the Internet of things is set to continue to impact every sector; and it will certainly affect mobility. However, it is not only the connectivity inside the vehicle that will drive such a paradigm shift in the industry. Cities. Notre engagement. Grâce au PC embarqué et à son GPS, l’utilisateur pourra avoir accès à toutes les données d’information (indicateur d’autonomie et de conduite) mais aussi s’orienter et interagir avec un opérateur en cas de besoin.
Une vraie voiture connectée! Pour vous rendre la conduite plus facile, le véhicule dispose d’un PC embarqué. Il facilite vos déplacements à travers l’accès à de nombreuses informations :