The mobility research programme is based on the Energy Strategy 2050 and the federal council’s climate targets. The defossilisation of the transport sector – the largest CO2 emitter in Switzerland – is one of the major challenges. In the mobility research programme, approaches to reducing energy consumption and emissions overall are examined, be it by avoiding traffic in general, switching to environmentally friendly means of transport or through technical improvements. The focus is on analyses and perspectives of the transport system and new mobility concepts, which are significantly influenced by digitization, new drive technologies and energy sources, societal change, new forms of working and the “shared economy”.
Research prorities 2021-2024
New mobility concepts
Fundamentals, analyses and perspectives of the transport system
Technical optimisation of vehicles and drives
- Alternative drive systems in heavy goods transport and other innovative freight transport solutions, new concepts for urban logistics;
- Integrated multimodal transport systems including micromobility for the last mile;
- Integration of electromobility into a holistic energy system, use of the vehicle battery to support the grid and system, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) solutions;
- Technological and economic challenges in the fields of production, distribution and use of synthetic and biogenic fuels in the transport sector.
- Life cycle analyses of existing and future mobility systems, at the drive system, vehicle type and overall system levels;
- Influence of new drive systems and fuels (synthetic and biogenic) on the electricity and gas networks, and on the overall energy consumption and emissions into the environment;
- Scenarios for changes in mobility behaviour due to societal change, new business models, crises and changed political framework conditions;
- Questions relating to the collection, availability, security, use and ownership of mobility-relevant data.
- Optimisation of the energy management of vehicles, in particular with support from geoinformation systems, big data and artificial intelligence;
- Optimisation of the drive train and auxiliary units;
- Increase in efficiency through optimisation of aerodynamics and vehicle weight.
Application procedure
National research funding is based on thematic calls for proposals (see “Documents” below). Moreover, applications for financial support can be submitted at any time, provided they are not thematically covered by the current call. Potential applicants should contact the head of the programme in advance.
Projects primarily focused on a specific technical component of the drive system or the supply or storage of energy may be better suited for the corresponding research programmes (bioenergy, fuel cells, electricity technologies, combustion-based energy systems, hydrogen).
Documents
Call 2023: Enabling an efficient transport system (closed)
- Call 2023 for Research Proposals: Enabling an efficient transport system. Mobility Call 2023: projects accepted for funding
(PDF, 185 KB, 27.11.2023) ID: 11556 | 785
- Call 2023 for Research Proposals: Enabling an efficient transport system
(PDF, 308 KB, 15.03.2023) ID: 11323 | 785
Mobility Research and Innovation Workshop, 12 September 2023, Biel/Bienne
- Vehicle-Grid Integration (V2G) and Smart Charging – Presentations
(ZIP, 38.2 MB, 12.09.2023) ID: 11463 | 809
- Mobility Behaviour – Presentations
(ZIP, 4.7 MB, 12.09.2023) ID: 11527 | 809
- Transport System, multimodal mobility, digital solutions – Presentations
(ZIP, 51.5 MB, 12.09.2023) ID: 11528 | 809
- Heavy-duty and non-Road Transport – Presentations
(ZIP, 3 MB, 12.09.2023) ID: 11529 | 809
- Plenary Sessions – Presentations
(ZIP, 34.1 MB, 12.09.2023) ID: 11530 | 809
Mobility Research and Innovation Workshop, 9 September 2021, Lucerne
- Mobility Research and Innovation in Switzerland, Thursday, 9 September 2021, Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, Luzern. Workshop programme
(PDF, 504 KB, 08.09.2021) ID: 10544 | 689
- Mobility Research and Innovation in Switzerland, Thursday, 9 September 2021, Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, Luzern. Book of Abstracts
(PDF, 1.2 MB, 08.09.2021) ID: 10627 | 689
Call for research proposals 2021: Future Transport Systems (closed)
- Mobility Call 2021: projects accepted for funding
(PDF, 358 KB, 02.11.2021) ID: 10837 | 652
- Call 2021 for Research Proposals: Future Transport Systems
(PDF, 506 KB, 01.12.2020) ID: 10331 | 652
Last modification 25.10.2023