This summary report describes the research carried out by RSE during 2019 as part of the Three-Year Implementation Plan 2019-2021 for the two Work Packages (WPs) of the project ‘Scenarios and tools for electric mobility and related integration and interaction with the electricity system’. As with the first year of the three-year period, 2019 saw the set-up of numerous research activities, in many cases functional to the continuation of these activities during 2020 and 2021 to achieve the overall objectives of the project.

WP1 ‘Scenarios and tools for electric mobility’, involved the start of mobility modeling activities, with particular focus on the evaluation of the potential use of a database linked to phone traffic and to the first set-up of a multimodal traffic model for extra-urban travel. Furthermore, the modeling system for air quality analyses was updated, by inserting more up-to-date data and increasing the resolution of the model on a national scale. Again in the context of environmental analyses, the LCA ( Life Cycle Assessment ) was updated for the comparison of vehicles with different power supplies and the impact of batteries on the environmental performance of electric vehicles was explored in depth. Finally, technical-economic assessments were carried out on the potential for conversion to electric of heavy goods vehicles, boats for public transport on lakes and large ships at rest.

The second WP, ‘Electric mobility and its integration and interaction with the electrical system’, addressed in particular the topic of flexibility that can be offered through the appropriate management of electric vehicles being charged. A first deterministic optimization model was therefore created for charging planning in the case study of the provision of services to the grid by a company fleet. In addition, to allow for field testing, an electrification plan was defined for the RSE company fleet and two bidirectional Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G) columns were integrated and tested in the RSE ‘Test Facility’ laboratory. Finally, the study analyzed the potential of offering flexibility services also by buses being charged. The project saw multiple activities carried out in support of various authorities (Ministries, ARERA, Lombardy Regional Authority) or within working groups (IEA, ACI, Motus-E, e-Mob), as well as numerous opportunities for dissemination and exchange of knowledge with other important stakeholders in the sector.