Long LIFE to Micromobility

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LIFE2M intend to: a) promote micromobility as the most efficient urban and peri-urban mobility system in terms of emissions, energy consumption and materials, overcoming the main problems currently limiting their diffusion, making it more economically advantageous, both for private users and for operators of sharing services b) make micromobility more sustainable, eliminating the need to recycle lithium batteries and extend the life of microvehicles, decreasing the consumption of resources, energy and generation of waste, in particular limiting the employment of raw materials and recycling (revamping and reuse of microvehicles and reducing the need for battery recycling); These goals are achieved through three specific objectives and related groups of actions: A. Development and demonstration, through 3 demos in 3 different cities, of innovative technological elements and components with a special focus on innovative accumulators based on the hybrid supercapacitor technology. The planned actions are: • implementation of a retrofit service for private and sharing microvehicles for the replacement of classic batteries with the developed innovative accumulators; • introduction of innovative microvehicles powered by the innovative accumulators. The vehicles will be implemented in fleets of shared vehicles and/or given free of charge to private individuals; • installation of fast-charging stations for the microvehicle innovative accumulators. B. Development of communication tools and campaigns, which raise awareness of the importance and usefulness of micromobility and support its spreading, acting on user behaviour, road safety aspects, and environmental impacts. C. Development of business models, strategies and best practices for the sustainability of the micromobility market in its various forms (private vehicles, sharing and transport of goods), for ensuring the continuation of the demos beyond the end of the project at the 3 demo cities and at lea