Newsletter from January 31, 2023
Just imagine: There would always be an electric vehicle waiting for you in a reserved parking space and a charging station in your underground garage - and you wouldn't even have to worry about cleaning and MOT yourself.
The only condition: You leave your own vehicle behind and share the vehicle pool provided with a fixed group of users from your house community. Doesn't that sound tempting?
This is exactly what is being investigated for some residents of a housing complex run by the non-profit housing association Gemeinnütziger Wohnungsverein München 1899 e.V. in Nymphenburg as part of the research project ComfficientShare will become a reality this year. One of the aims of the project is to find out how many private vehicles can be replaced by a car-sharing vehicle - without having to accept any loss of comfort in terms of individual mobility - and how the charging infrastructure for the vehicles can be integrated into the residential location.
In 2022, the project team found a suitable location and was able to recruit a diverse and, above all, motivated group of participants. In the first phase of the project, the mobility behavior of the participants was recorded with GPS transmitters in the fall.
The second project phase began in December 2022 and will continue until June 2023. In this phase, five households each received an electric vehicle for their sole use. The project is investigating the extent to which the type of drive has an impact on mobility behavior. Are people also traveling shorter distances by car because they are now supposedly "clean"?
The supposedly most exciting and final phase of ComfficientShare will begin shortly before the 2023 summer vacation. During this phase, five electric vehicles will be shared for nine months.
Will all participants want to go on vacation by car or hike in the mountains at the same time? Can we really do without vehicles without having to fundamentally change our mobility? We will find out!
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