ComfficientShare - Newsletter

Newsletter from January 31, 2023

Imagine there was always an electric vehicle waiting for you in a reserved parking space and a charging station in your underground garage and you didn't even have to worry about cleaning and MOT yourself. The only condition: You leave your own vehicle parked and share the vehicle pool provided with a fixed group of users from your building community. Doesn't that sound tempting? This is exactly what is becoming a reality for some residents of a residential complex of the non-profit housing association Gemeinnütziger Wohnungsverein München 1899 e.V. in Nymphenburg this year as part of the ComfficientShare research project. Among other things, the aim of the project is to find out how many private vehicles can be replaced by a car-sharing vehicle without sacrificing the individual's mobility and how the vehicle charging infrastructure 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 extent to which the type of drive has an influence on mobility behavior is being investigated. Will people also travel 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 vacations. In this phase, five electric vehicles will be shared for nine months. Will all participants want to go on vacation by car at the same time or go hiking in the mountains? Can we really do without vehicles without having to change our mobility? We will find out!