The report addresses two important aspects for the development of sustainable mobility in Italy: the diffusion of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (and its relationship with the territory) and future prospects for the development and application of electric air mobility. The two insights are part of a broader activity which will include, in the following year, a detailed analysis of the diffusion of sustainable mobility solutions in Italy (and the related infrastructure) and a prospective evaluation of the applicability of innovative solutions.

In the first part of the document, the progress of work on public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (BEVs) is analyzed in light of the most recent data updated at the end of 2023 provided by the Motus-E association. This is contextualized with respect to the installed power requirements for the circulating vehicle fleet defined in the new European regulation “Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation” (AFIR), officially approved after a lengthy discussion process at the end of 2023. The analysis reveals a country with two speeds, with the Central-North equipped with infrastructure adequate to cover the vast majority of electric motorists’ needs, while the situation is different in the South and Islands, where both at the urban/provincial and major highway levels, there is a clear lack of adequate coverage of public charging services.

In the second part of the report, the potential of electric air mobility based on EVTOLs (electric Vertical Take Off and Landing) has been analyzed. The report suggests that beyond regulatory, authorization, and airspace management challenges, from the perspective of final energy consumption, electric air mobility is not necessarily contradictory to the decarbonization goals of the transportation sector, thus becoming a legitimate possibility to consider in scenarios of the near future. In light of this consideration, an examination was made on how charging infrastructure based on vertiports could be configured, identifying the space, power, and connectivity requirements needed to support the operation of EVTOLs efficiently.

The document is available on the site in Italian