Abstract:

E-mobility is a popular current topic for urban as well as for transport planning. In the foreseeable future, the electro vehicle will be used mainly for short distances making it particularly interesting for urban mobility. Therefore, e-mobility seems to be the future path for a sustainable urban and transport development. The contribution challenges this assumption by presenting the results of a recent research project in Berlin. Within this project, the decision making process of establishing the charging infrastructure was analysed. By combining a discourse analysis and a policy study, the proponents for e-mobility, as well as their intentions can be shown. The contribution will further show that particular interests promoting e-mobility do not necessarily coincide with a comprehensive planning strategy presenting a concept leading to sustainable urban and transport development. In view of a sustainable urban and transport development, the crucial question will be how the different stakeholders can be committed to an integrated planning strategy. For this the discourse and the policy analysis both give valuable insights which can be used for planning sustainable e-mobility.