https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/electric-vehicles/france-announces-e200-million-for-autonomous-electric-public-transport/
[video in online article]
France’s minister of Transport, Élisabeth Borne has announced a plan
to invest €200 million in the development of electric, autonomous public
shuttle transport, and new legislation to support autonomous vehicles.
The government intends to invest the funding into shuttle transport in
16 rural and urban areas across France and, has committed to create the
legal framework to support the initiatives.
Current legislation doesn’t make allowance for autonomous transport on
public roads, and new legislation is expected. A proposal called LOM (la
loi d’orientation des mobilités or, mobility orientation law) has
already been passed by Senate and is expected to be adopted later in
2019. The legislation will permit autonomous vehicles on French roads
from 2020.
Service operators will be sourced from the public and private transport
as well as the freight or logistics industry.
One of the trial projects will see two autonomous electric shuttles
serving the area of Heart of Brienne in Indre. Vehicles are already
running in Paris and can carry up to five passengers each. A further
trial is set to take place in Nantes, which will use and abandoned
railway as the route for two autonomous vehicles which will ferry up to
300 passengers per hour during peak transport periods.
The minister says the new initiatives are hoped to encourage the use
of public transport and will also improve transportation services for
the elderly.
European Utility Week takes place in Paris in November 2019, and
E-mobility is going to be under the spotlight at this year's event. Get
all the details here.
[https://www.smart-energy.com/tag/european-utility-week/]
Our editor spoke to Alexander Lewis-Jones, Product Manager, EV, from
Delta EE, about the electric vehicle revolution at 2018's European
Utility Week event in Vienna. Here's the video.
[https://youtu.be/RhwWujy8yTc]
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