The NeMo.bil project of the New Mobility Paderborn (NeMo) initiative has been awarded the German Mobility Award (DMP) in the category "New Mobility Solutions." A distinguished jury from industry and politics selected the winners, with the award presented by Federal Minister of Transport Volker Wissing.
“We are very pleased with this award, which is a significant recognition for everyone involved. It gives us added momentum for our ambitious undertaking,” said Prof. Dr. Thomas Tröster, Chair of Lightweight Automotive Design at Paderborn University and member of the NeMo.bil consortium, together with Jonathan Behm, Managing Director of Neue Mobilität Paderborn e. V., at the Federal Government's Digital Summit in Frankfurt/Main.
The joint project NeMo.bil is developing and prototyping an innovative mobility system based on clusters of small, automated vehicles. It enables a new form of sustainable, on-demand transportation of people and goods in rural areas. The system follows a novel approach: small lightweight vehicles, designed for first- and last-mile transport, are mechanically linked into a convoy for longer distances. Once connected, the automated cluster is pulled and powered by a larger, also automated, lead vehicle.
A dedicated operating platform featuring multi-objective optimization algorithms ensures efficient system operation for connected, flexible, on-demand mobility services. By combining various vehicle types and intelligently coordinating them into clusters, the system achieves a level of energy efficiency previously unattainable. Additionally, significant improvements are expected in terms of user acceptance, cost-efficiency, resource usage, and emissions.
The result is a cooperative, sustainable mobility system designed for individualized public transport (iÖV).
