Often found on commercial and industrial sites, this provides three alternating currents and allows for 22kW AC charging. Significant three-phase power availability is also a prerequisite for DC rapid charger installation. 

The practice of plugging in your electric vehicle whenever you park while out and about, making use of the time your car is not in use to add charge to your battery. This helps avoid range anxiety and means you will rarely find yourself waiting for your car to charge.

This term often refers to the carriage of people or goods from one country to another through a country where no stop is made – or between connecting flights at an airport. 

An approach to urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of efficient public transport, so as to enhance mobility of citizens, the viability of public transport and the value of urban land in mutually supporting ways.

Legacy term for Mobility as a Service, still sometimes used synonymously despite the fact that mobility covers more than just transport. 

Conveyance of passengers or freight from one place to another. To be distinguished from Mobility. While transportation is the process of changing a person’s or good’s location, Mobility is the ability to do so. 

Programs to reduce the need to travel and increase travel options by promoting alternatives to driving alone in a car.

Connects paying passengers via websites and mobile apps with drivers who provide transportation in (often non-commercial) vehicles (e.g. Lyft, Uber, Ola, Grab, Careem, and Didi Chuxing). TNCs are usually referred to Ride Hailing. 

Public or private companies that deliver transportation services, e.g. taxi or bus companies but also Ride Hailing companies such as Ola, Grab, Lyft or Uber. Also see Mobility Service Provider (MSP).

The slowest type of charging, this is best reserved for long overnight charges at home and is either provided safely by de-rated dedicated charge points, or through a standard 3 pin plug, which lacks certain safety features.