1. ESPRIT Easily diStributed Personal RapId Transit
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No
ESPRIT Easily diStributed Personal RapId Transit
Project Presentation
Valéry Cervantes
Project Coordinator

2. 01 02 03 04 AGENDA Project rationale and vision
Strategic objectives and expected results 03
Preliminary Results : sway control law 04
Work structure and partnership

3.  Increase the use rate of cars
How to share cars
Carpooling
 Fill the cars
Carsharing
 Increase the use rate of cars
Transported passengers
Efficient for long distance. Not working for commuting to work
A solution for short distances? A solution for commuting to work?

4. One way car sharing : the service meeting the demand
Conventional car sharing

5. One way : unsolved problems
System gets unbalanced
Poor reliability => empty stations, saturated station => difficulties to have a car, difficulties to park
improvable service quality
If electric, more than 2 stations / vehicle! => investments!

6. Trackless , compact, stackable and mechanically coupled
Redistribution by an operator
Redistribution of fleet :
By an operator (road train)
By a user (2 vehicles)
Parking compactness x 4
1 charging station per train
Battery balancing between vehicles
Redistribution by a user

7. Kanban type redistribution OPERATION
Back office
redistribution
station
A system oriented to the user: direct and fast to the destination, available (no need to wait) => service quality
Redistribution workforce need is aligned with demand (especially during off-peak hour period) => cheap to operate

8. ESPRIT : 2 ways of using One way carsharing in city center
Suburban : connecting to the Public Transport Hubs
For cities > inhab.
For dense suburban areas.

9. Technical challenges Vehicular side : Solve technical challenges
Drive, brake and steer without :
Sway risks / oscillation risks
Jackknifing risks
Guide and couple the vehicles
Charging / Balancing strategy of the energy storage
Development of the physical architecture, chassis , body
Weight challenge
Homologation challenges (2 vehicles in one homologation, road train)

10. 01 02 03 04 AGENDA Project rationale and vision
Strategic objectives and expected results 03
Preliminary Results : sway control law 04
Work structure and partnership

11. Objectives of the Project
Vehicular side :
Define and develop the functionalities up to TRL5
Secure the functional safety
Develop the ESPRIT System, 3 complete vehicles + 3 chassis
Reach the weight objective
Secure their ability to be homologated

12. Objectives of the Project
Operational and Mobility side :
Estimate if the system is socially and economically relevant on 3 use cases (L’Hospitalet, Lyon, Glasgow) :
Estimate the economic sustainability
Social benefits/ drawbacks, induced modal share for public transport.
Estimate the potential market

13. 01 02 03 04 AGENDA Project rationale and vision
Strategic objectives and expected results 03
Preliminary Results : sway control law 04
Work structure and partnership

14. The nesting / trackless principle
Articulation

15. The actuators A damper at the articulation level
Powering of the rear wheels
Steering of the front wheels

16. The test scenario for roadtrain stability
Elk Test’ according to ISO 3888
Road trains of 2 vehicles : 65 Km/h
Road trains > 2 vehicles : 45 Km/H

17. Mains results Latreral deviation Distance
Results obtained according to a bicycle model.
The most demanding scenario concerns a 8 vehicle roadtrain
Preliminary results indicate that stability coulb be achieved.

18. 01 02 03 04 AGENDA Project rationale and vision
Strategic objectives and expected results 03
Preliminary Results : sway control law 04
Work structure and partnership

19. Project structure

20. Project planning

21. WP1,WP7, WP8 Partners (UK) (UK) Reference Transport Research Center
Public Transport Operator
8,6 Billion € Turnover
employees, UE & World
Market leader UK & US
(UK)
Reference Transport Research Center
Leader WP8
(FR)
Public Transport Operator
Subsidiary of SNCF (70%)
5 Billion € Turnover
employees, UE & World
(ES)
City of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
Barcelona urban area
Second city of Catalonia (248 150 inhabitants)
Highest population density in Spain
(UK)
Transport planning and infrastructure design services
Clients : Fairview New Homes, Arow Estates, IKEA etc…
Leader WP1
(FR)
First French cooperative network of carsharing operators gathering 36 big cities including Lyon & Grenoble

22. WP1,WP7, WP8 Partners (DE) (IT) Consulting Company
Specialised in mobility and transportation.
Expertise in setting carsharing services, business model
(IT)
Research Centre (7 departments , 8000 employees)
Modelling of traffic and operation
(UK)
Modelling of transports
Covering UK, UE & World
Leader WP7
(FR)
SME specialised in collaborative research project support
Project management
and dissemination
(FR)
Institute for Energetic Transition
Created by Movéo’TEC (Cluster gathering Renault/PSA/Valéo)

23. WP2to 6 Partners (FR) Coordinator
Leader WP3 (Kinematics and Dynamics Control)
Leader WP4 (Energy Control System)
(DE)
World Leader in Railway Couplings
5,7 Billion € Turnover
4500 employees
Leader WP2 & WP6
(UK)
SME, Design & Manufacturing of composite materials components
 In charge of the Undercarriage
(FR)
SME, Electric Vehicle Manufacturer
Turnover 1,5M€, Fr, SP, PO
(IT)
SME, Design and Manufacturing of Battery Packs
Light Quadricycles supplier
(LUX)
Certifying Body
1,6 Billion € Turnover
1700 employees
(FR)
SME, Design Office
Leader WP5

24. ADVISORY BOARD (1) Deutsche Bahn Public Transport
Turnover 39 Billion €
employees
Germany/ EU/ World
International Union for Public Transport
1300 members
92 countries
Federation of 60 cities and European Regions for a sustainable mobility
Public Transport Operator, especially in l’Hospitalet de Llobregat
Subsidiary of Toyota
Steering Systems
employees

25. ADVISORY BOARD (2)
Belgian Association to promote and set carsharing services
Carsharing Operator in Madrid
Not-for-profit, environmental transport NGO promoting shared transport.
French association of Public Transport Operators (Keolis, RATP, TRANSDEV-VEOLIA)
UK’s innovation centre for intelligent mobility.

26. Partners

27. Thank you