UEMI Newsletter | October 2025 Edition

Thamires Pecis
Nov 3
4 min read

Updated: Nov 4

We are excited to share with you the latest updates, insights, developments

and ongoing projects from the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative.

We appreciate your engagement in shaping sustainable urban mobility solutions.

Stay tuned for inspiring stories, key milestones, events, and upcoming opportunities to collaborate. Let’s keep driving change together! 🌱🚀

ACCESS/Trans-Safe

On 27 October, was launched a new self-paced e-course, Digital Tools for Participatory Urban and Mobility Planning, developed under the ACCESS, Trans-SAFE, and EcoZones projects.

The course is a great example of how our teams collaborate across projects, combining expertise in participatory planning, digitalisation, and mobility to create accessible learning resources for a global audience. It’s available in English and Spanish, and explores practical ways to use digital tools to support community engagement in urban mobility initiatives.

The SCALE project has released a new e-course on the Mobility Academy, “Expanding Smart Charging and V2X Beyond Europe”.

The course brings together insights from European and global experts on how smart and bi-directional charging (V2X) can reshape the way we power electric vehicles and our cities. Tailored to non-EU contexts, it focuses on how these technologies can help address challenges such as grid instability, limited energy access, and affordability, while creating new opportunities for jobs and resilience.

UEMI joined partners of the eBRT2030 project in Istanbul for the annual General Assembly, hosted by IETT and UITP. Fernando Dobrusky and Edmund Teko represented UEMI, presenting updates on the International Cluster with demo activities in Curitiba, Kigali, Cape Town and Buenos Aires. The two-day event gathered over a hundred participants and included a technical visit to Istanbul’s Metrobus system.

Coming Next eBRT2030

On 25 November 2025, the SCALE project will host its 5th and final Bidirectional Cities Event in Utrecht, from 9:00 to 12:00.

The session will showcase key project outcomes, including the SCALE Procurement Guidelines for smart and bidirectional EV charging infrastructure and the SCALE Blueprint. Participants will also have the chance to share their own city or regional perspectives, providing input and validation to the project’s results.

The morning will feature presentations, a group exercise, and a site visit to Utrecht’s V2G car-sharing stations.

Activities in Latin America

On October, the E-Moviliza project held a First Response on Electric Vehicle Safety workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Energy and the National Polytechnic School (EPN). Around 150 professionals from different regions received theoretical and practical training on how to safely respond to EV incidents, manage battery risks, and apply rescue protocols.

News from the ULLC

The ULLC has released a new paper by Oliver Lah and Lewis Fulton (UC Davis): “The Economic Benefits of Sustainable Urban Mobility Globally, and How to Achieve Them.”

The study shows that a high-electrification, low-car future could cut urban transport energy use by 75%, CO₂ emissions by 85%, and total system costs by 40% by 2050, highlighting the global value of sustainable mobility.

Read the paper

BOOST

After nearly two years of work in Rwanda, Ghana, and Morocco, the BOOST project has officially come to an end. Led by UEMI and GIZ, and supported by KfW and Invest for Jobs, BOOST aimed to strengthen e-mobility ecosystems and create green jobs by connecting universities, companies, and governments.

Across the three countries, more than 700 people were trained and over 200 new jobs were created in the growing e-mobility sector. From supporting women to become electric moto-taxi drivers in Rwanda to integrating e-mobility modules into university curricula in Ghana and Morocco, BOOST proved that skills development can truly drive change.

As Eugene Nzabonimpa from the BOOST Rwanda team shared:

“By engaging local companies and empowering university and TVET graduates through training and internships, we’ve witnessed how practical skills development can drive real job creation in e-mobility and urban transportation.”

BOOST’s legacy will continue through the institutions, companies, and professionals it helped empower, all contributing to a more inclusive and sustainable mobility future.

Learn more

E-Warmi

After seven months of activities in Quito, the E-Warmi project has officially wrapped up. Funded by UNEP and BMZ under the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the project set out to show how the transition to electric mobility can also be a driver for gender equality.

E-Warmi brought together municipal institutions, private companies, and civil society organisations to open new spaces for women in the transport and logistics sectors. Through trainings, awareness sessions, and local partnerships, it helped 40 women gain skills and confidence to participate in the growing e-mobility market, far beyond the original expectations.

As project coordinator Alexandra Suasnavas reflected:

“One of the key things I would like to highlight is how important it is, from a public policy perspective, to keep creating the right conditions for women to participate in the transport and logistics sectors.”

While E-Warmi has now come to an end, the lessons, connections, and stories it generated will continue to inspire more inclusive and low-carbon mobility initiatives across Latin America.

Learn more