CITELEC, the European Association of cities interested in the use of electric vehicles was founded on February 2nd 1990 under the aegis of the European Community.The association now unites over 60 member cities in various countries. CITELEC and its members are working on projects for the introduction of electric vehicles, in order to solve their traffic and pollution problems. CITELEC's main tasks are :

Informing cities about the performance and characteristics of electric vehicles.

Helping cities with the deploymen t of electric vehicles and providing usertraining

Supervising the realisation of charging infrastructure

Organising test demonstrations of electric vehicles in urban traffic, known as the 12 Electric Hours'

Performing tests and assessment of electric vehicles on the European market

Conducting studies about the impact of electric vehicles in urban traffic, the environment and urban planning.

In the context of ELCIDIS, the role of CITELEC is to aid in the project's evaluation and dissemination activities. In this role CITELEC will be assisted by ECN, the Netherlands Energy Research Foundation.

Contact:

CITELEC, the European Association of cities interested in the use of electric vehicles.

Peter Van den Bossche
CITELEC
VUB-ETEC
Pleinlaan 2
1050 Brussels
Belgium
Phone + 32 2 629 3807
Fax + 32 2 629 3620
Email: pvdbos@vub.ac.be

ELCIDIS: CITELEC