Making mobility efficient

Efficient mobility means alternative drive systems and fuels and the use of efficient means of transport (e.g. local public transport),the introduction of mobility management and innovative information technologies. dena campaigns

for a reduction in carbon footprints among all users of road transport. But everyone will have to contribute in order to achieve greater efficiency. dena uses campaign pages like www.pkw-label.de to provide initial information.

Statistics & facts

10 %
of energy
consumption should be cut in the transport sector by 2020, compared with 2005.
up t 10
million tonnes of CO2
consumption should be cut in the transport sector by 2020, compared with 2013.
163
million tonnes of CO2
were produced in the transport sector in 2015, equivalent to 18 percent of total emissions in Germany.
50 %
growth
in personal and freight transports since 1990.

Building a practicable transport transition

Mobility

Our climate and environment are suffering under the growing demand for mobility. This is why dena promotes alternative fuels and technologies as well as innovative mobility concepts, advocating energy-efficient structures within the transport sector.

In recent years, worldwide mobility has grown at a dizzying pace, especially in road transport and aviation. This has produced significant impairments in the quality of life due to greater environmental pollution and a rise in greenhouse gas emissions. 18 percent of emissions in Germany are produced in the transport sector. Road transport accounts for 95 percent of them. The challenge: mobility needs to become more sustainable and efficient in order to protect the environment and the climate and to improve quality of life.

The challenge of efficient mobility

We need to be mobile. But to ensure that it is more sustainable for society and the climate, mobility will have to become more networked and energy-efficient. Efficient drive systems, green fuels and optimised mobility of passengers and freight across the whole range of transport solutions will have to provide important contributions in this respect. But Germany is facing a grave challenge. Personal and freight transports have risen by over 50 percent since 1990. Nevertheless, the Federal Government wants to achieve a 10-percent reduction in energy consumption within the transport sector by 2020, compared with 2005. Current figures show that there has been a two percent rise in consumption. The situation in regard to CO2emissions is similar: Although the 2014 Action Programme on Climate Protection pencilled in a 7 to 10-million-tonne reduction in transport emissions in Germany by 2020, the momentary statistics indicate a rise of six million tonnes.

Achieving more together

A consistent emission avoidance strategy is needed in the transport sector in order to tackle these major challenges. The national and European frameworks must be adjusted to incentivise low-emission transport systems and make innovative mobility concepts more attractive.
dena is engaging with industry, politics and society to develop sustainable transport solutions and to share positive experiences in a process of constant dialogue with other nations.
Here, dena sees itself as a driver to improve fuels and technologies  and to increasingly move the carriage of persons and goods to energy-efficient and low-emission means of transport and transport systems.

 

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Our Projects

Informationsplattform Pkw

Mit der Informationsplattform Pkw informiert die dena Verbraucher über die Themen Energieeffizienz im Verkehr sowie zu Fahrzeugen mit alternativen Antrieben und alternativen Kraftstoffen. Zudem dient die Plattform als zentrale Informationsquelle für Fahrzeughändler und andere Verpflichtete zur Umsetzung der Pkw-EnVKV und des Pkw-Labels.

Overview

  • Projektstart: 2011
  • Projektziel: Verbraucherinformation zu den Themen energieeffiziente Pkw, Fahrzeuge mit alternativen Antrieben und alternativen Kraftstoffen sowie dem neuen Messverfahren WLTP. Zudem Informationsbereitstellung für Fahrzeughändler und weitere Verpflichtete zur Umsetzung der Pkw-EnVKV und des Pkw-Labels.
  • Gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie

LNG-Taskforce und Initiative Erdgasmobilität

Die dena koordiniert und moderiert die Initiative Erdgasmobilität und LNG-Taskforce als zentraler, branchenübergreifender Ansprechpartner für Erdgas und erneuerbares Methan als Kraftstoff in Deutschland. Sie unterstützt damit das Ziel der Bundesregierung, den Anteil von Erdgas am Kraftstoffmix auf vier Prozent zu steigern und die Klimaziele des Verkehrs bis 2030 zu erreichen. Im Jahr 2015 hat die dena gemeinsam mit dem DVGW und Zukunft Gas die LNG-Taskforce gegründet.

Overview

  • Projektstart 2011
  • September 2018: Übergabe eines Empfehlungskatalogs an das BMVI
  • Projektziel: Etablierung von LNG als Kraftstoff im Straßengüterverkehr
  • Schirmherrschaft: Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur
  • Project Information