After four transformative years, the eCharge4Drivers project is approaching its conclusion. We are excited to invite you to our Final Event, which will be held in Barcelona on 7 November 2024, and share with you the agenda for the day.
Since 2020, our project partners have been working to revolutionise the Electric Vehicle (EV) charging landscape with innovative, user-friendly solutions and services. These cutting-edge technologies have been tested across 10 demonstration sites in urban areas and interurban corridors, ensuring interoperability and user acceptance.
Our Final Event marks the culmination of four years of progress and offers the unique opportunity to explore the project’s key achievements and outcomes, gain valuable insights into the future of EV charging, and connect with industry leaders in an engaging and collaborative environment. The event will feature a full-day conference hosted at Barcelona City Council, 240 Avinguda Diagonal. Our event follows the 2024 editions of the Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress and the SmartCity Expo World Congress, creating a convenient opportunity for attendees to join us for this important milestone and explore the future of electromobility.
Draft Agenda
09:00 Registration
9:30 Opening by Jaume Roca Guitart (B:SM)
9:35 Welcome by Evangelos Karfopoulos (ICCS)
9:45 The eCharge4Drivers vision and methodology – Evangelos Karfopoulos (ICCS)
10:00 The eCharge4Drivers solutions to enhance the electromobility users experience
- Battery as a Service: A novel business model to boost the usage of LEVs
- Improving user accessibility to public charging network: Enhanced routing and booking service (Mauro Dell’Amico, ICOOR)
- Intuitive smart charging services for improving user charging experience (Sothun Hing, CEA)
- Planning tool for sustainable charging network development (Christoph Emde, Nexxtlab)
11:00 Coffee break
11:20 eCharge4Drivers demonstrations and impact
- The eCharge4Drivers demonstrations – Deployment challenges and lessons learned
- Plug & Charge: Deployment & interoperability challenges of cardless charging (Daniel Quiles Martínez, IDIADA)
- Impact on users’ experience: Findings from the eCharge4Drivers user surveys (Gabriela Barrera, VUB)
- Public views on electric vehicle charging: a thematic analysis (Peter Fussey, UoS)
12:40 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 Needs for future policy and regulatory actions:
The eCharge4Drivers recommendations and guidelines towards sustainable charging investments and user-friendly electromobility (Andrew Winder, ERTICO)
14:15: Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Evangelos Karfopoulos (ICCS)
- eCharge4Drivers findings – Angel Lopez (BCN) and Andrew Winder (ERTICO)
- USER-CHI findings
- INCIT-EV findings
- TIPS4PED findings
15:30 Conclusions
15:45 – 16:45 Networking Drinks