energieautark -- GoPedelec!

Charging infrastructure for Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs) is not yet standardized. Many charging stations currently are equipped with the two pole earthing type plug (Dt.: Schukostecker) which does not fulfill all security regulations. This is just one fact why a standardized connector is necessary. The EnergyBus organization is since 2007 working on such a standardized connector - the EnergyBus standard (EBS) covers not only a connector family but also a communication protocol. More than 30 companies among others for example Bosch, Panasonic and Magna Marque (BionX) work within the EnergyBus organization. The official release of the protocol and the connectors is planned for March 2011.

From 20th till 22nd September the Go Pedelec! test track will be placed in Brussels on Place Sainte Croix. The reason for this is the "Move it" event within the EESC's (European Economic and Social Committee) urban mobility days. Apart from the test track visitors can find out about the various types of transport, take part in various activities regarding for example health or the environment and talk with European policy makers. If you want to find out more about the event, go here.

From 22th till 25th of July the Bike Expo in Munich with the motto "Cycling Trends for City and Nature" took place. The Go Pedelec! project partner ExtraEnergy was host of the hall C4 which was totally dedicated to electric mobility. A big test track gave the visitors the chance to test the newest pedelecs. The special thing was that this test track was built locally from wood whereas the usual Go Pedelec! test track is a mobile unit made from metal.

The 3rd Road-Show Information Days in Hungary took place from 14th till 17th June in Miskolc. The municipal decision makers workshop started at Tuesday, 15th of June, directly at the test track with testing pedelecs. Also representatives of the media and the city of Miskolc tried out the pedelecs. At 10.30 the workshop continued with presentations of Thomas Lewis (presentation of the project), Hannes Neupert (overview on the pedelec market), Norbert Merkel (the Hungarian market) and Christiane Edegger (examples from Austria).