Electromobility and alternative fuels
The deployment of clean and alternative fuels is paramount for the reduction of the negative impacts of transport. Clean and alternative fuels such as biofuels, hydrogen, natural gas and electricity can help reduce the emission of air pollutants, such as CO2 and NOX, greenhouse gases as well as noise pollution. Cities and regions can play a crucial role in the introduction of alternative fuels through their procurement activities, by granting clean vehicles access in a city or via promotional activities.
Polis Working Group on Clean Vehicles and Air Quality
Polis supports the efforts of its members who are committed to the promotion of alternative fuels and the deployment of electric vehicles. POLIS members share best practices and on alternatively-fuelled and electric vehicles within the Working Group on Clean Vehicles and Air Quality. The working group is currently chaired by the City of Rotterdam and meets two to three times every year.
Polis engagement in European initiatives
POLIS is an active member of the Platform for Electro-mobility, a European-wide forum for the promotion of electric mobility to key decision makers in the EU institutions and Members States. Polis has been and is involved in several EU-funded projects dealing with the development of electric mobility for different sectors including urban freight, public transport or individual mobility and the related infrastructure.

SEEV4-City Newsflash: Latest round of updates on Vehicle-to-Grid in Amsterdam and Oslo

Sustainable Transport Forum publishes new report on alternative fuels

Cities join forces with mobility providers to identify business cases for eHUBS

ASSURED workshop on the deployment of e-trucks in urban areas

Register for the joint Polis-EIT Climate KIC workshop “SuSMo–Shared Urban Sustainable Mobility” on 28 29 November 2019 in Brussels

SEEV4-City Newsflash: Impact of smart charging, electric vehicles and relighting on energy autonomy and peak load of a city depot in Kortrijk, Belgium

Baden-Württemberg: The LEZ of Stuttgart delivers good results
27 September, ASSURED Workshop – Utility and delivery e-trucks and e-vans

BuyZET cities publish Procurement Plans for zero-emission deliveries

Fleet owners worldwide call for more than a 100,000 zero emission freight vehicles, and counting!
New SUMP guidelines for sustainable urban mobility planning are out and up for review
When London boroughs get inspired by Dutch cities
Interreg Europe peer review service is open until June 28
INTERREG Europe: Open call for peer reviews
New rules for eScooters in Paris
10 YEARS OF ELENA – supporting investments in energy efficiency and sustainable transport
BuyZET final event: cities presenting they procurement strategies for zero emission transport
Five sustainable urban mobility priorities for healthy and liveable cities
Call for Submissions for TRA2020 open until 31 May
TRA2020 Helsinki Call for Invited Sessions open

European and Latin American cities exchange experience how to make urban mobility safe and sustainable

NACTO Shared-Micromobility in 2018 Report is now available!
European Parliament backs new vehicle safety standards
Île-de-France steps it up with 641 new clean buses for the Grande Couronne

The eHUBS project kicks off
eHUBS, a project for shared electric mobility, is finally in the making
New financial instrument to support projects contributing to the environmental sustainability and efficiency of the transport sector in Europe
Brussels regulates free-floating mobility services
Madrid’s Public Transport Company is Undertaking the Largest Fleet Renovation of its History
Cities discuss how to make urban transport “Zero-emission”
Towards “zero-emission” cities
Register now! BuyZET Final event, 14 May 2019
Madrid is granting a permit to 18 electric-scooter operators

Upcoming Polis Working Group meetings in 2019
Opinion: EU needs clean vehicle procurement rules to boost e-mobility in cities
Call to join next round of SUMP Learning Programme extended to 31st January
European local and regional authorities urge the upcoming Romanian presidency of the EU to reach final agreement on the Revision of the Clean Vehicles Directive
Europe’s biggest investment in electric buses announced in Manchester
Gothenburg wins Thinking Cities Award
Fleet recognition schemes in public contracts, intelligent city logistics and much more in the latest BuyZET newsletter
Polis WG on clean vehicles & air quality: Hydrogen discussed in Paris

Electromobility: the projects SEEV4City & CleanMobilEnergy join forces
Germany’s conditions to legalise electric kick scooters (Personal Light Electric Vehicles): number plate, insurance and driving licence.
Polis joins forces with EUROCITIES and CEMR on the revision of the Clean Vehicles Directive

Workshop invitation: Electromobility in practice, 17 October 2018, Paris
E-Mobility Platform releases MFF position paper to advance electromobility in Europe
Five weeks left to apply for the European Green Capital and Green Leaf Awards!
Opinion: No toying around with air quality for city dwellers
ASSURED workshop: Strategies & needs on EV fast-charging infrastructure for urban freight
ELIPTIC policy recommendation brochure available now
BuyZET special session at EcoProcura Conference!
Draft programme of 2018 Polis Conference released
How can we boost SUMP take-up across Europe?

How electric vehicles can support the clean energy transition in cities
Webinar: Building a Market for Smart Cities and Communities – 20 June 2018

Polis joins EU Sustainable Energy Week 2018
Successful ELIPTIC Final Conference
ELIPTIC process evaluation identifies drivers and barriers for project implementation
Polis at BusWorld Turkey to present the ELIPTIC project

SEEV4-City Newsflash: Vehicle-to-Home Loughborough Living Lab
Tantalum: opportunities for fully-paid pilot in cities
Last call to register for the ELIPTIC Final Conference
ELIPTIC, ASSURED & CleanMobilEnergy join forces for charging infrastructure workshop
ELIPTIC: discussing charging infrastructure at EEVC in Geneva
Project Partners Showcase Their Achievements in the EBSF_2 Results Workshop in Budapest

SEEV4-City Newsflash: V2G-Repository presents 18 European Vehicle2Grid-projects
Megacities institute launches a survey about urban air pollution
Join the ZeEUS Final Conference – Brussels, 20 March 2018
ELIPTIC Workshop – Charging Infrastructure & Policy recommendations
Join the Conference: “One Million Electric Vehicles Just Around the Corner – What Next?”

SEEV4-City Newsflash: Combining electric vehicles and renewable-energy sources
EBSF_2 Gothenburg demo showcase Electric bus and urban infrastructure
BuyZET Transportation Mapping Reports now available online!
1st European conference showcase results of H2020 transport projects
European cities and automobile manufacturers kick off dialogue on Urban Vehicle Access Regulations
TRA 2018 registration is now open
Polis joins forces with other organisations on the type-approval directive
Innovative solutions for green driver assistance: San Sebastián and Madrid demo showcase
New actions of the EIP-SCC Sustainable Urban Mobility Action Cluster
New INTERREG North West Europe Programme’s “Clean Mobility and Energy for Cities” project kicked-off
ACEA Event – Powertrain options for commercial vehicles – 29 November 2017
EU-US Urban Freight Webinar Series: #2 – Examples of Urban Freight Fleet Electrification
The 2017 air quality report from the EEA is released and first Clean Air Forum to take place in Paris
Remote sensing: towards a more accurate analysis of traffic emissions
Electric freight in cities: ELIPTIC and FREVUE joined forces in Barcelona
FREVUE comes to an end
EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK to start with call for SUMP Award applications
New Diesel testing Requirements for vehicles go into force as of 1st of September 2017
European Mobility Week 2017: Time to register
World Light Electric Vehicle Summit, Rotterdam 22-23 November – abstract submission deadline extended until 15 September
Register for the 2nd & 3rd FREVUE webinars
FREVUE Video clip available
2017 Polis Conference: Programme launched and registrations open!
Joint FREVUE-ELIPTIC Workshop: 13 September in Barcelona
Successful final conference in London for FREVUE
Electromobility in Europe – Exchanges and site visit in Rotterdam
Lessons from Dieselgate: what is next for cities? – Outcomes of the Polis mobility breakfast
Sustainable Energy Week – Energy systems for smart mobility

If you are working on smart grids and renewable energy, this event may be of interest to you! Second “Vehicle 2 Grid” conference & SEEV4-City launch event, 11-12 May in Amsterdam
Call for cities from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America for take-up of sustainable urban mobility solutions
Invitation: ELIPTIC Multi‐purpose use of electric public transport infrastructure National Workshop (In German Language)
Workshop on Green Transport in Greater Copenhagen 24 April, 2017
Electric Mobility Europe call for projects, deadline 6 February 2017, 17:00 CET
OddEven.com: the non-profit research and information portal on the global Odd-Even traffic restriction phenomenon

Electric vehicles, renewable energies and smart grids are at the core of the newly launched SEEV4-City project
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AUTONOMY & The Urban Mobility Summit

“Green and Smart Mobility: new solutions for the mobility of the future”
Conference Clean energy, clean mobility

European Innovation funding for Road Transport Electrification – Achievements, Impacts and Identification of White Spots in R&D
CLINSH mid-term conference in Brussels
ASSURED workshop: Strategies & needs on EV fast charging infrastructure for urban freight
EGVIA workshop: EVs and their integration into the grid State of play and challenges
Europe’s Urban Energy-Mobility Transition
ELIPTIC Workshop – Charging Infrastructure & Policy recommendations
2nd Symposium Applied Research on Charging Infrastructure
Polis Position Paper on CVD and AFID Communication
Joint Letter Type Approval Framework Regulation 2017
Member in the Spotlight: Electric van sharing in Île-de-France
Polis Position on the upcoming decarbonisation transport strategy
More EU Budget for Transport
NICHES+ Using electric vehicels in city car share schemes
Hjemm Jobb Hjem leaflet Stavanger
Member in the Spotlight: Rotterdam’s ambitious Goal towards zero Emissions from City Logistics in 2020
Charging hot spots: Facilitating city logistics to go electric
Charging hot spots: Facilitating city logistics to go electric
Electric vehicles in the craft sector
New electric vehicle for urban logistics
Norway – EV incentives in and beyond the first phase of market introduction
Public procurement of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and lessons learnt: The Tampere
Rotterdam’s freight goes electric!
Stimulating the deployment of electric buses in North Brabant and the Netherlands
The Swedish National EV procurement approach
Thinking Cities #5
Innovative Technologies for Light Rail and Tram: Ground-Level Power Supply – Induction System
Innovative Technologies for Light Rail and Tram: Additional Fuels – Aeromovel System
Innovative Technologies for Light Rail and Tram: Additional Fuels – Hydrid Diesel/Electric System
Innovative Technologies for Light Rail and Tram: Ground-Level Power Supply – Alimentation Par le Sol
Innovative Technologies for Light Rail and Tram: Hybrid Battery/Supercapacitor – Hybrid Electric and Rapid Accumulator Systems
Innovative Technologies for Light Rail and Tram: Hydrail – Hydrogen Hybrid and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems
Innovative Technologies for Light Rail and Tram: Kinetic Power – Flywheel System
Innovative Technologies for Light Rail and Tram: Traction Battery – NiMH and PRIMOVE Systems
Innovative Technologies for Light Rail and Tram: Typology of Technology Approaches
Innovative Technologies for Light Rail and Tram: Tyre Innovation – Rubber Tyre Trams
Demonstration of revamped Clean Vehicle Portal
Evaluation of EU Clean Vehicle Directive
Introducing clean vehicles into public fleets: Recommendations from Clean Fleets project
EMT’s presentation at Busworld India
Member in the Spotlight: Barcelona’s new interurban, high service level bus network
Member in the Spotlight: Rotterdam’s strategy for electromobility
Member in the Spotlight: urban freight solutions in Brussels
Electromobility+ Conference – Preliminary Agenda
Polis air quality workshop agenda 26-11-2014
Development of an electric fleet management system within FREVUE project
Electric vehicles in urban freight transport – A local perspective
European Panorama of Urban Logistics
Renewable technologies for city delivery and logistics centre for construction site
ZeEUS project: Bringing electrification to the heart of the urban bus network
Electrifying the two wheeler fleet in Tel Aviv-Yafo
Integrating electromobility services in a smart multi-modal region: MOLECULES project good practices in the Grand Paris area,
Living Lab, tool for fire starting attitude change: Study of ex-post attitude & purchase intention
Monitoring Tool for Charge Point Utilization
Overview: Polis activities on electromobility
Barcelona Deployment of Electric Infrastructure
Car manufacturer’s views on Electromobility deployment
Car2Go in Amsterdam: Car Sharing and Electromobility
Madrid Views and News on Electromobilty
Overview of Electric Vehicles Sales in Europe
Polis invovlement in Electromobility projects
User behaviour and releted Electromobility policy
Ile de France activities on Electromobility
Madrid Views and News on Electromobilty
NL legislation supporting on Electromobility
Rotterdam Experience on Electromobility
Towards fact-based policy making – EEO scope & goals
Joint Declaration – Safer, cleaner lorries now!
Delivering a road freight legacy – Transport of London
A novel approach of urban access management as a mean to shape the city’s vehicle composition
An approach to delivering ECO Stars
Beyond the hype and towards a sustainable transport system: Austria’s way towards electro-mobility
Eco-driving for clean vehicles – The driver makes the difference!
ICT platforms for electro-mobility services in European cities
MobEV: New optimisation tools for electric vehicles integration
Rotterdam tests electric vehicle: Don’t talk just charge
Sustainable and efficient fleet management at City of Ghent
The new eco-label category for Vehicle Fleets and environmental policies
Polis Position Paper on Clean Power for Transport (CPT)
Particle physics: MOLECULES project
Star quality: ECOSTARS project
ECOSTARS Edinburgh newsletter #3
Platform for the Electrification of Surface Transport
EVUE: City to city learning network to improve e-mobility policy
Promoting electric public transport by modern trolleybus systems
Success factors towards the mass deployment of EVs: the case of Norway
(I eTravel): Emilia-Romagna’s challenge to promote electromobility at regional level
Electric transport in Rotterdam
Green eMotion – defining the European framework for electromoblity
ECOSTARS Europe newsletter #3
2010 Madrid Mobility Report (in Spanish)
ECOSTARS Europe newsletter #2
MOLECULES Interest Group 1st workshop agenda
Bologna – MIDAS, bicyles and car sharing
Retrofitting, Stricter Vehicle Emission Standards and Clean Fuels Package – Berlin
Support for clean fuels and introduction of clean public and private fleets in Burgos
Eco-driving courses for drivers of the EMT – Madrid
OSMOSE-CONCEPT – Côtes d’Armor
Phileas – Eindhoven
Citymove workshop agenda, 21st February
ECOSTARS Europe newsletter #1
Roundtable contribution Agentschap NL
Roundtable contribution Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe
Roundtable contribution North Brabant
Newspaper interview with the city of Paris: “Autolib’ est très innovant”
Polis response to Clean Transport Systems Consultation
Proposal for Energy Taxation Directive
ARUP presentation: Global efforts to deploy electricvehicles
Basque Country presentation on policies in electric vehicle charging
BMW company presentation on BMW Group’s Electromobilty Work
Presentation of Autolib’ Project
Presentation on electric vehicles in London
Presentation on electric vehicles in Rotterdam
Presentation on electromobility in Hamburg
Presentation on electromobility in North-Rhine Westphalia
Presentation on SMT Strategies 2011 in São Paulo
Renault company presentation: The Renault-Nissan Alliance Strategy
Smith Electric Vehicles company presentation
SMMT presentation: UK electric vehicle industry
The Climate Group presentation on Bringing electro-mobility to public and private vehicle fleets
TNT company presentation: Towards a sustainable company
Pilot project to introduce electric mobility in Madrid
Synthesis report BIOGASMAX
LCA biomethane
ELENA – European Local ENergy Assistance
Polis presentation on electromobiliy
Electromobility in Berlin
Electric bike in Rotterdam
Electri-city: Polis presentation on EVs
Electric Vehicle Delivery Plan London

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