The European metaCCAZE project has recently launched. This project focuses on electric, automated, and connected mobility in European cities. MetaCCAZE is designed to help cities transition to green mobility and translate European strategies and initiatives into concrete actions. Amsterdam is one of the pilot cities and will work with six Dutch partners to improve transport via water and electric vehicles, and develop a digital twin to control and monitor the entire system.
The transport sector is the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and accounts for more than 30% of total energy consumption. The European Green Deal and other EU initiatives aim to reduce transport-related greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2050, get at least 30 million emission-free vehicles on European roads, make nearly all motorized vehicles emission-free, and have 100 major climate-neutral cities by 2030. In attempting to achieve these goals, new challenges emerge, such as inefficient charging of electric vehicles or high energy costs that burden the electricity grid.
The metaCCAZE project accelerates the transition to urban mobility by providing solutions to these new challenges. The project aims to speed up the deployment of intelligent systems that combine electric, automated, and connected mobility and infrastructure by developing six transferable technologies. This includes automated charging, AI-based real-time planning for autonomous fleets, and low-emission traffic management.
To test their potential in real and diverse urban environments, the solutions are being developed in four leading cities: Amsterdam, Munich, Limassol, and Tampere. Successful technologies and activities are being transferred to six other participating cities: Athens, Krakow, Gonzo, Milan, Miskolc, and the Paris region. To ensure that the technologies meet the needs of citizens and urban mobility stakeholders, various collaboration activities are organized locally in the cities.
The project runs for the next four years, during which the technologies will be deployed and monitored by a project consortium consisting of 43 renowned institutions from 12 European countries. This consortium includes parties from academia, industry, and the public sector. In the Amsterdam living lab, innovations are tested and scaled up in collaboration with residents, businesses, and the municipality. The living lab involves the following Dutch partners: Municipality of Amsterdam, TU Delft, AMS Institute, Townmaking Institute, Zoev City, Argaleo, and Technolution.
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