News Digest Item
14 Oct 2016

E-mobility for aircraft ground services

Stuttgart Airport

Stuttgart Airport initiated a field test to research the possibilities of e-mobility for aircraft ground services, together with the Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut). The project, financed by the federal environment ministry (BMUB), focuses on the maturity of the technology, the performance of the vehicles and their impact on the environment and the economic efficiency of the fleet.

Read the press release in German here.

For background, read the CLEW dossier The energy transition and Germany’s transport sector.

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