Berlin-Brandenburg Is Going Electric Action Plan for Electromobility 2020
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Berlin-Brandenburg is Going Electric Action Plan for Electromobility 2020 www.emo-berlin.de Berlin Agency for Electromobility eMO | www.emo-berlin.de eMO is an agency of the State of Berlin. It operates under the aegis of Berlin Partner for Business and Technology and does not possess its own legal identity. eMO’s partners are the State of Brandenburg and companies and institutions in the fields of business and science. Contents 1. Preamble .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 2. Summary of the electromobility strategy ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 3. Electromobility in Berlin-Brandenburg ............................................................................................................................................................. 10 4. The framework for action in the capital region .............................................................................................................................................. 14 5. Legal framework ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 6. Core fields, and fields of action .......................................................................................................................................................................... 18 6.1 Technologies, products, services ........................................................................................................................................................................ 19 6.1.1 Vehicle systems ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 6.1.2 Energy and charging infrastructure .................................................................................................................................................................. 22 6.2 Transport and mobility ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 6.2.1 Passenger transportation .................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 6.2.2 Freight transportation .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 6.3 Information and communications technology ............................................................................................................................................... 30 6.4 Trans-field subjects ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 32 6.4.1 Education and research ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 32 6.4.2 Business promotion and location strategies ................................................................................................................................................... 35 7. Coordination and communications ................................................................................................................................................................... 37 7.1 Coordination ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 7.2 Communications .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 8. Outlook ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 3 1. Preamble The world as we know it today faces momentous challenges. In 2010, the year that the National Platform for Electric Mobility Population growth and worldwide urbanization mean that new (NPE) was launched, the Berlin State Senate decided to concen- mobility strategies and technologies are needed to effectively trate, structure, and market the region’s potential in this field by address climate change and the finite nature of fossil fuels. Electro- founding the Berlin Agency for Electromobility eMO. Serving as the mobility can be key to facilitating this complex global process of primary point of contact for electromobility in the region, the eMO change while at the same time helping to spark new developments. builds targeted networks of key players in science, government, and business. To make the best possible use of the features and the potential found in individual locations, however, electromobility needs to be In early 2011, the eMO developed and released an initial strategic put into practice locally and regionally. framework called the “Action Plan for Electromobility Berlin 2020”. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region realized the importance of In April 2012, a joint application by the states of Berlin and Bran- this future-oriented field early on, and set milestones on the road denburg to a federal competition resulted in the region being to developing it. The international profile of this metropolitan named one of four showcases for electromobility. As the “Berlin- region, its cosmopolitan residents, its combination of sparsely Brandenburg International Showcase for Electromobility”, the populated countryside and highly populated capital city, and its capital region combines the location-based advantages of the two innovative entrepreneurial and scientific landscape offer ideal states to form a unique laboratory in which the study, develop- conditions for putting electromobility successfully into practice. In ment, and demonstration of alternative drive systems is both pro- so doing, the region’s activities are directed at strengthening its moted and lived. economy and improving its quality of life. Electromobility requires long-term dedication on the part of all in- Since 2009 the states of Berlin and Brandenburg have been con- volved. This Action Plan Electromobility 2020 lays an even stronger sistently promoting the visibility and acceptance of electromobility long-term foundation for the commitment to electromobility on in the Berlin-Potsdam model region. In connection with this pro- the part of the states of Berlin and Brandenburg as well as the gram, which is sponsored by the federal government, numerous region’s business and research communities and associations. As projects have been set into motion and the foundation laid for patrons of this Action Plan, we stand for this commitment not only developing electromobility in the region. by having helped to determine the necessary actions in the course of a dialogue-oriented process, but also by assuming shared re- sponsibility for carrying them out. Governing Mayor Minister President President of the Confederation President of the of Berlin of Brandenburg of Employers’ and Business Asso- Technical University of Berlin ciations of Berlin and Brandenburg Klaus Wowereit Dr. Dietmar Woidke Dr. Udo Niehage Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Steinbach 5 2. Summary of the electromobility strategy The metropolis of Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg This Action Plan is a further developed version of the initial strategy form the German capital region. Together they are already setting paper of 2011. It covers the region’s developmental focuses and national standards in electromobility. The respective strengths and mobility requirements, and pursues the overarching and network- locational advantages of the two states represent a unique real-life oriented approach of the showcase application. The Action Plan is laboratory for exploring and experiencing electromobility, within also based firmly on the policy objectives of the federal govern- the context of further enhancing the region’s economic develop- ment and the states of Berlin and Brandenburg. Because elec- ment and quality of life. For several years now the two states have tromobility offers an integrative approach to meeting economic, joined forces in a successful innovation strategy known as “innoBB” transport, and societal challenges, it also supports already exist- that has provided key stimuli for the development of electromobility ing strategies such as the “City Industrial Master Plan 2010 – 2020” in the capital region. and the “City Traffic Development Plan” of the state of Berlin, the “Pro-Industry Action Plan” and the “Energy Strategy 2030” of the The Berlin-Brandenburg region offers manufacturers in the automo- state of Brandenburg, and the “Joint Innovation Strategy Berlin tive sector a place to