Sustainable Electromobility in the Liberec Region and in the Middle Europe in General

Abstract

The electromobility in the post-communist countries are not so supported like in environment-friendly countries. This support could be direct financial support for purchasing the vehicle. Other way is tax refunds or tax for owners of combustion cars. The most countries use indirect support like dedicated parking places, city centre free zones or highway fee discounts. To the indirect support belongs grants for infrastructure of charging station too. The personal electromobility is not considerable for most citizen of the Czech Republic in the terms of purchasing or leasing price of electric vehicle and a small number of public fast charging stations or overnight charging spots at local parking lots. The public charging infrastructure is getting better but not so fast. In our paper we present that e-bike personal mobility can be reasonable option for local micro electro mobility. We have compared this solution with local public transport and individual car transport, in measure of time and costs. The Liberec region is a highland region and cycling there is not very convenient way of transport. In our paper, we present difference of energy on same course with conventional bike and e-bike and we have proven, that people with lower fitness abilities can use e-bikes. The charging infrastructure for e-bikes and charging efficiency is discussed in the paper too. The last discussion is about carbon dioxide trace via personal mobility with considering of actual energy sources mix in Czech Republic.