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Space Center Takes on Taxis: Berlin's Electric Taxis Under Observation
Under the title “Potential e-Taxis,” the German Aerospace Center (DLR) scientifically monitors the deployment of electric taxis. At the heart of it is a sober question: How do taxis actually move through the city, and what does that imply for vehicles and charging infrastructure?
To this end, the DLR uses its so-called MovingLab. In the participating vehicles, GPS loggers capture movement data over a period of three months. From them, trip lengths, dwell times, and locations can be derived. The data show not only how many kilometers a taxi travels in a day, but also when and where it stands – and thus theoretically could charge. For planning a demand-oriented charging infrastructure, such information is decisive.
Where should charging points be established?
The project aims to go beyond technical metrics. The researchers also want to understand how the taxi industry can hold its own in a changing mobility landscape. Platform providers, new vehicle concepts, and increasing electrification are changing the framework conditions. Against this background, the requirements of drivers for electric vehicles and charging options are being systematically collected. Where is charging taking place today? How long do charging sessions take? And at which locations do drivers wish for additional charging points?
Answers to these questions should help steer investments more effectively. To date, charging infrastructure has often been built where space is available—not necessarily where it is needed in operation. The DLR analysis therefore combines empirical surveys with models for determining charging demand. This is complemented by economic methods that map the current structure of Berlin's taxi industry and possible development trends.
Taxis are a fixed part of mobility
For the industry, this is more than an academic exercise. Electrification is still in its early stages, and missteps would be costly. Vehicles with too limited range or charging points in the wrong place cost time and money. The 'Potential e-Taxis' project aims to help reduce these risks. It does not regard taxis as a peripheral phenomenon of the mobility transition, but as a fixed component of urban mobility.
Ultimately it's about planning certainty. When it is clear how taxis drive, stand, and charge, vehicles can be chosen more appropriately and charging points placed sensibly. The data from the MovingLab provide a basis for this. They replace policy targets with real usage profiles. For Berlin, that could be a step toward turning the electrification of the taxi industry from aspiration into practice.
Taxi Guild Berlin: The E-Taxi works!
The Taxi Guild Berlin pragmatically advances the expansion of electric mobility in the taxi trade. It sees itself as an interface between politics, administration, energy providers, vehicle manufacturers, and the taxi companies themselves. The goal is to shape the transition to electric vehicles so that it works in daily operation and remains economically viable. From the guild’s perspective, charging points must be created where taxis actually stand and operate, for example at taxi stands or depots, and equipped with adequate charging capacity.
In parallel, the guild informs its members about funding opportunities, technical developments, and practical experiences from already electrified operations. This concerns ranges, charging times, costs, and the integration of charging into the shift operation. Electric mobility is thus understood less as a political signal, but as an organizational and economic task that should create long-term planning certainty.
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