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air quality and reduce noise pollution while also promoting more physical exercise. In this way, it doesn’t just promote the health of the individual, but also helps to slow the rise in health care spending [...] vehicles improve air quality, thus reducing pollution impacts to human health. Electric vehicles are also considerably less noisy than automobiles with internal combustion engines. Less noise means less stress [...] exposed to the negative effects of vehicle traffic, reducing noise pollution and toxic emissions also makes a contribution to environmental justice. The health benefits of physical exercise – including
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cost-effective way and should also provide for reliable data security. 172 There is a need for financing not only for transport infrastructure in a narrow sense, but also for electricity infrastructure [...] transportation infrastructure of the future won’t just consist of roads, railways and bridges. It will also include electric vehicle charging points, filling stations for alternative fuels, and various types [...] re Plan does not adhere to the goals of the 2050 Climate Action Plan (Klimaschutzplan), which was also adopted in 2016. The 2050 Climate Action Plan foresees CO 2 emissions reductions of the transport
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transport sector corresponds with the supply of renewable electricity. However, such coupling might also destabilise the power system, if, say, many electric vehicles are being charged at once or demand [...] there’s supply, additional flexibility benefits will accrue to the power system. Sector coupling can also include bidirectional charging – feeding energy back into the grid from an electric vehicle’s battery [...] stands, however, no viable business models exist that use electric cars for this purpose. 157 It is also unclear how vehicle batteries will handle bidirectional charging in the long run. Be that as it may
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made more intelligent. This will also result in efficiency gains and economic growth, as illustrated in figure 2.1. Economical vehicles in demand The efficiency rule also applies to vehicles (Insight 6) [...] effects or undesired consequences on system flexibility can, along with a lack of public acceptance, also restrict efficiency’s priority. The cheapest kilometre is a saved kilometre Providing possibilities [...] have a compelling and practical alternative to private vehicle ownership. Driverless vehicles can also have a positive effect on the environment, provided they are used efficiently. (For more on this,
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Rural areas also benefit from the mobility transition. © ollo - iStockphoto The choice of transport in inner cities is increasingly diverse. Yet, for the majority of rural residents, cars are the number [...] shorter trips, the car is the most preferred mode of transport for people outside urban areas. Cars are also the predominant form of transport among those going on outings and holiday trips, which make up a [...] shift from cars to alternative means of transport that not only are better for the environment but also reduce commuter traffic. 82 Remarkably, people take longer in cities to get to work than in rural
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users are loyal public transport customers, and vice versa. 53 This transition in urban mobility will also affect how people travel from cities to other places. As more and more people use the new mobility [...] expansion of mobility services. They must be made available not only to inhabitants of big cities but also to people who live in the outskirts and in small towns. Moreover, the mobility options must be reliable [...] resident parking permit costs between 20 and 30 euros. 65 In order to promote carsharing, cities should also review existing fee structures, especially in areas where carsharing needs encouragement. To this
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is not only the most efficient energy option. On the basis of the current state of knowledge, it is also economically the most affordable form of decarbonisation. Relative to all other combinations of p [...] be measured. 110 Electrification can be a means of decarbonisation not only for passenger cars but also for light utility vehicles. Short trips in cities and back to-base trips 111 are particularly suitable [...] people from buying electric cars. For the success of fuel cell electric vehicles, the initial outlay is also a decisive impediment, as is the fuelling station infrastructure, which is a long way from covering
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transport transformation will also help poor countries introduce climate friendly transportation – and, in the process, promote international justice. That today’s providers can also profit from the spread of [...] Hence, carbon-neutral energy must be used as efficiently as fossil fuels. Using renewables efficiently also keeps down its generation costs. The fact that the amount of renewable energy will be limited for [...] electricity can serve as a direct power source for motor vehicles. Additionally that electricity can also be converted into zero-emissions fuels such as hydrogen. The problem with converting electricity,
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offer not only the chance to bring about a safe, efficient and climate-friendly transport sector. They also provide an important foundation for innovative technologies and new business models (figure 5.1). [...] must be understood as an organisational task. It does not necessarily lead to positive effects; it is also associated with risks. Indeed, it could even jeopardise the transport transformation. To be sure, [...] vehicle reduction of that magnitude would not only sink energy use in the transport sector; it would also give municipalities more room to determine land use and urban development (Insight 3). Automation
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of the transport transformation. In cities, the mobility transition has already begun. Rural areas also benefit from the mobility transition. Driverless vehicles are ideal for shared use. Electrification