Explore concepts, policies, and innovations in electric mobility to help decarbonise and build more sustainable transport systems. Learn how e-mobility can help create sustainable cities. Electric mobility is crucial for making urban transport greener and more sustainable. But with recommendations and policies on electric vehicles evolving rapidly, it can be hard to know what’s what in the world of e-mobility. This six-week course from the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) provides a comprehensive overview of issues relating to electric mobility.
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Covering tech, policy, and environmental perspectives, you’ll gain the expertise you need to understand and develop mobility solutions for sustainable cities.
Understand the technology behind electric vehicles
You’ll start the course by learning how electric vehicles like buses, bicycles and cars are constructed and powered.
You’ll review the technical components of e-mobility, from the raw materials in batteries to charging modes and infrastructure.
Explore the social and environmental impact of e-mobility
Once you’ve understood how electric vehicles operate, you’ll explore their global social and environmental impact.
You’ll assess the costs and benefits of e-mobility, considering issues like energy consumption, battery recycling, and gender equity in transport.
You’ll examine case studies showing how innovations in e-mobility have helped make transport systems around the world more sustainable.
Discuss policy and development perspectives
Last but not least, you’ll review government policies and implementation strategies concerning e-mobility, with a focus on emerging economies.
You’ll discuss how electric vehicles can be harnessed to create more liveable cities and a greener economy.
By the end of the course, you’ll have an in-depth understanding of issues around electric mobility. With that expertise, you’ll be able to play a role in developing sustainable transport solutions all around the world.
Syllabus
Week 1: Principles of E-Mobility
Week 2: Electric Vehicles, Batteries and Charging
Week 3: Sustainable Transport & E-Mobility
Week 4: E-Mobility Policies
Week 5: Social & Environmental Impacts of EVs
Week 6: E-Mobility Business Models & Charging Infrastructure
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of E-Mobility, including how EVs work and their advantages and disadvantages compared to traditional vehicles.
- Describe the different types of batteries used in EVs, and the technology and charging methods used for each.
- Describe the policies and regulations governing E-Mobility at the global, regional, and national levels and their impact.
- Explain the environmental impact of electric vehicles by analyzing their carbon footprint, energy consumption, and metal mining challenges.
- Compare different E-Mobility business models, and recognize their economic and social implications.
- Describe the role of sustainable urban transport in promoting E-Mobility and recognize the importance of integrated transport planning and multi-modal mobility systems.
- Develop the skills necessary to critically analyze the different factors affecting E-Mobility, including technological, social, political, and economic aspects.
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about electric mobility and its social, environmental, and commercial impacts.
It will be particularly useful for researchers, policy-makers and representatives in transport authorities or civil society organisations; as well as industry practitioners including urban planners, architects, and transport professionals.
