Electric Mobility for Portugal – Mobi.E consists of the use of renewable energies by way of new electric models for development and mobility in cities. Portugal is pioneering in the launch of the National Electric Mobility Network which seeks to create new economic and technological opportunities and an improvement in the quality of life at cities.

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Transport is responsible for over one third of final energy consumption in Portugal. To promote energy efficiency in this area, the Mobi.E Programme was launched and some programmes integrated into the PNAEE, such as Car Renewal, Urban Mobility and the Energy Efficiency System in Transport.

The beneficial impacts - not only direct impacts but also tangible or intangible externalities -, among others, associated with the new energy mobility paradigm, are identified, namely:
• Reduction of CO2 emissions;
• Improvement of air quality;
• Reduction of noise;
• Reduction of country's energy dependence, through a concerted strategy involving better use of the renewable energy production capacity ;
• Protection of consumers given volatility of petrol prices;
• More efficient use of the power distribution network, with natural benefits for all citizens, enabling a reduction of the specific costs associated with the definition of regulated electricity tariffs.

In addition to the benefits associated with the improvement of energy efficiency, the commitment to electric vehicles and electric mobility brings other positive impacts, encompassing the development of capacities in the field of engineering and the production of batteries, components and the integration of vehicles, as well as in terms of energy infrastructures with the creation of advanced, intelligent network management and charging systems, allowing, in the future, the operation of business models in which users are simultaneously energy consumers and producers and boosting the use of renewable energies, at no extra cost. The vehicles shall work as a warehouse of the renewable energy produced during the night, being inserted on the network at the times of greatest demand.
In concrete terms, in the short term, the pilot network of the MOBI.E Programme, currently being implemented, envisages the following objectives:

Energy efficiency in the Transport sector also involves measures related with the write-off of vehicles, the consolidation of green fiscality on transport, the continuation of the transfer of private transport to public transport, in particular light and heavy rail and the optimisation of the logistical sector in Portugal. Hence, the following goals have been established: