"ICT for Electric Mobility" is a support programme operated by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in interdepartmental cooperation with the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

For all of us, cars provide a high degree of individual mobility. This is something that we do not want to be required to give up in the future. At the same time, however, dramatic growth in the demand for mobility and the number of vehicles places significant burdens on the environment.

Given the increasing scarcity of resources and growing strains on the environment, we need highly efficient vehicles that can run on alternative forms of energy in order to safeguard mobility over the long term. Electric engines can help reduce our dependence on oil as an energy source and can also help cut emissions of CO2 and local pollutants. However, the use of electrical energy in road traffic will require us to integrate energy and transportation systems that to date have largely functioned separately from one another. This integration process can succeed only on the basis of modern information and communication technologies (ICT), especially when it comes to finding economically viable solutions.

The technology initiative "ICT for Electric Mobility" involves a comprehensive field test in which seven model projects test crucial new ICT-based technologies and services for integrating electric vehicles into existing energy and transportation systems.