Urban mobility is smoothly changing, the electric vehicles are slowly but firmly conquering their natural environment. The cities are the places where the highest percentage of the population is concentrated, for this reason it is very important to improve the quality of the air, highly related to health. At the same time the cities are the places where the traveling distances are shorter, less than 30km as an average daily. And finally, the cities are the places with a higher number of transportation means coexist.
The scenario that has been described involves a high interaction between different transport modes from walking to public transport going through unicycles, scooter, bicycles, motorbikes and four wheelers. The aim of Multi-Moby project, funded by the European Commission in the H2020 Programme, is focused on the four wheels, taking as a basis a high performance low consumption urban electric vehicle, Cidaut is leading the activities to ensure the safety of all the actors involved in the urban mobility. To obtain this ambitious objective the safety is tackled from an integral point of view, including active and passive aspects.
From the active point of view the vehicle is equipped with advanced driving assistance systems that allow the identification of the most vulnerable users of the road and to make autonomous decisions in order to deal with accidents.
From the passive point of view, an optimized structure and ad-hoc developed restraint system protect the occupants in the event of a lateral, frontal or rear crash. But also, in the case that the active safety systems cannot avoid the accident against a vulnerable road user, the structure of the vehicle has been designed to minimize the damage.