Abstract
The implementation of new mobility solutions based on electric vehicles such as electric cars, electric scooters, and electric bikes, in urban transport systems, may bring several advantages for society, from environmental and economic benefits to improved quality of life. Nevertheless, we witness a scarcity of education and promotion that supports electric mobility, which can lead to social barriers due to the lack of knowledge. Consequently, people may be discouraged from using new transport technologies. The article focuses on electric mobility issues and present the original concept of electric mobility education. The goal of the work is to identify appropriate educational methods, useful during teaching about electric mobility at different levels of education. The concept focuses on education from primary school to long-life learning. Presented pedagogical concept is based on the three main pillars of pedagogy as diagnosis, forecasting, and content developing. It was developed based on expert research and diagnosed challenges and education gaps during teaching about electric mobility. The concept includes many techniques of education, from the classic methods as lectures and working with books to new educational solutions as e-learning. The original concept of electric mobility education creates new opportunities to promote electric mobility and support the process of creating new services in the electric mobility market.
Highlights
Accepted: 6 October 2021Implementing various types of new mobility solutions in urban transport systems, including electric vehicles, may bring many benefits to society from economic and environmental aspects to improving quality of life
From the point of view of expert research and the question of skills and competencies related to the use of electric mobility, the results made it possible to indicate which main educational aspects should be considered when teaching about electric mobility
Basic knowledge of the construction of an electric vehicle and its principles of operation, Basic knowledge about the maintenance and servicing of an electric vehicle, e.g., how to check it is ready to drive, Ability to connect the vehicle to the charging station, the ability to assess the distance that can be traveled at a certain energy level in the vehicle, Basic knowledge of places where driving electric vehicles is allowed, Detailed familiarization with the model of the vehicle, especially the rented one–for example, in many cases of scooters, the braking or acceleration method of the vehicle differs
Summary
Accepted: 6 October 2021Implementing various types of new mobility solutions in urban transport systems, including electric vehicles, may bring many benefits to society from economic and environmental aspects to improving quality of life. All activities promoting sustainable transport gaining particular support in the form of subsidies, grants (i.e., H2020 Electrific or ERA-NET Cofund Electric Mobility Europe, etc.) from leading international organizations, such as the European Union or the United Nations [1,2,3]. According to their recommendations, it is advisable to look for different solutions to properly promote and disseminate knowledge in the field of electric mobility [4,5,6]. An example of that type of activities are as follows: Published: 8 October 2021. Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
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