H2020 Funded ESPRIT Project Develops Personal Rapid Transit System
1. This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation program under grant agreement No
653395 653395 665339553395
ESPRIT
Easily
diStribuable
Personal RapId
Transit
Valéry Cervantes
2. This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation program under grant agreement No
653395 653395 665339553395
ü Redistribution of fleet :
• By an operator (road train)
• By a user (2 vehicles)
ü Parking compactness x 4
ü 1 charging station per train
ü Battery balancing between vehicles
Redistribution by an operator Redistribution by a user
This project has received funding of 7 996 596 € from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement
No 653395.
3. This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation program under grant agreement No
653395 653395 665339553395
- Objective #1 – Produce the ESPRIT operation
and business model estimation tool to be able to
accurately predict the economic viability of
deploying the ESPRIT transport system in a
variety of different urban/peri-urban
configurations
Objective #2 – Develop the technological bricks
necessary to run the concept
- Objective #3 – Manufacture 3 full functional
demonstrator ESPRIT vehicles consuming less
than 6 kWh/100Km
4. This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation program under grant agreement No
653395 653395 665339553395
Results according to the Objective #1
Operation and Business Model estimation tool running in the Lyon city case
5. This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation program under grant agreement No
653395 653395 665339553395
ESPRIT is currently running in a 2
vehicle roadtrain configuration
Results according to the Objective #2
Control laws are designed to run a
ISO 3888 (Elk test) at max
redistribution speed
6. This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation program under grant agreement No
653395 653395 665339553395
Results according to the Objective #3
3 technical prototypes running
First complete vehicle mockup realized.
First complete vehicle (technical + body) to start today!
7. This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation program under grant agreement No
653395 653395 665339553395
Expected or potential impact (long-term) of the
project – based on the achievements.
ESPRIT: 4.5%
ESPRIT first: 1.1%
ESPRIT last: 0.6%
+ Public transport
Public transport +
ESPRIT Modal share ranking
from 6 to 11% in combination
with public transport
=> CO2 and traffic impact
8. This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation program under grant agreement No
653395 653395 665339553395
Achievements
Indicator
Units used
(example)
Project objective
Project current
achievement
Type of vehicles
targeted
Produce the ESPRIT operation and business model
estimation tool to be able to accurately predict the
economic viability of deploying the ESPRIT transport
system in a variety of different urban/peri-urban
configurations
CO2 [g/km]
and [%]
Tool developped Tool developped,
calculation results on
the Lyon use case
L7e CP
Quadricycles
Develop the technological bricks necessary to run the
concept
4 Subsystems 4 working
subsystems
4 subsystems working
with partial results
L7e CP
Quadricycles
Manufacture 3 full functional demonstrator ESPRIT
vehicles consuming less than 6 kWh/100Km
Number of
Prototypes
1 (consumption results
not yet available)
L7e CP
Quadricycles
Perform a functional safety study which is compliant
with ISO 26262
Report All subsystems
feasible in a
ISO26262
fonctional safety
level
Partial L7e CP
Quadricycles
Produce recommendations for development of
regulations and standards
Report Anticipate future
regulations
Partial L7e CP
Quadricycles
Produce a detailed roadmap for the first series of
ESPRIT fleet deployment
Report Anticipate future
market
Partial L7e CP
Quadricycles