Promotion of Electric Urban
Mobility
in Uruguay

Implemented by

giz mu

Objective

Strengthen capacities in sustainable urban mobility planning and lay the foundations for a National Programme for the Promotion of Electric Urban Mobility through a nationwide programme that includes the development of technical, regulatory, and financial instruments

Challenges in the region

The transport sector generates 58% of Uruguay's CO₂ emissions, the second largest amount in terms of energy consumption and the largest in terms of fossil fuel consumption
An increase in the private vehicle fleet, (44% of households have a car and 30% have a motorbike) generating a reduction in the demand for public transport
While there are public policies that favour sustainable mobility, there is no strategic process at the national level to coordinate efforts

Favourable conditions for electromobility: 98% of the energy grid in Uruguay is renewable, there are 55 electric taxis in Montevideo and the first electric route in Latin America with 50 charging stations throughout the country

Location

Uruguay

Project

National-level Plans (NUMP)

Overall Project Amount

Euros

Implementation period

October 2018 - 2020

Project phases

Initiation

Institutional agreements. Planning of activities

Analysis of the Status Quo

Inventory and evaluation of the urban mobility situation in the country, complemented by workshops in five cities in order to obtain a perceptual diagnosis of mobility at a local scale (outside Montevideo)

Vision, objectives, and measurements

Development of the participatory phase of policy definition, design of the capacity building programme. Financing mechanism for Electric Mobility, development of national technical guidelines

Detailed design

Priority measures, pilot application of technical guides, presentation of results, evaluation and future projection, development of the Road Map and institutional design for the implementation of the Policy

Expected results

National Programme for the Promotion of Electric Mobility

Financial tools and mechanisms to promote public and private investment in electric vehicles

Eight national workshops

In at least five cities with public and private actors to build different project strategies: benefits, identification of needs, opportunities and presentation of results and feedback on electromobility

Technical guides for mobility

Development of a Technical Guide to incorporate Sustainable Urban Mobility criteria into urban territorial planning and a Technical Guide for urban electric mobility planning. It includes two pilot exercises for application at the urban level