What is AVERE?
Stavanger, Norway 13th - 16th May 2009
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AVERE is a non profit-making association, founded in 1978 under the aegis of the European Community, as a European network of industrial manufacturers and suppliers for electric vehicles. The Association's goal is to promote the use of Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles and to rationalize the efforts of its member companies in the scientific and technological developments. It is composed by national Associations, 11 up to now, indirectly representing over 500 companies active in the field. With EDTA, covering the Americas and EVAAP, covering Asia Pacific, AVERE forms the World Electric Vehicle Association. The association also develops strong links with CITELEC, the Association of European Cities interested in Electric Vehicles. With more than 500 members, AVERE represents the whole European Electric Vehicle industry and an important force for the promotion of Electric Vehicles. The Industrial world is mainly present with 400 members, but AVERE is nevertheless linked with the other economic agents (Users, Public Organizations...) AVERE support the sustainable commercialization of all electric drive technologies by providing in-depth information, education, industry networking, public policy advocacy and international conferences and exhibitions.
In particular, via its national sections, AVERE offers a vast experience and network to disseminate the results of activities as well as to facilitate co-operation between the actors and unlock synergies. AVERE's goal is to rationalize the efforts of its member companies in the scientific and technological development of electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles to foster markets development, and thus to promote electric vehicle use. With the AVERE member's network, finding partners in other European countries is no longer a problem but an opportunity.
Finally, AVERE voices for the electric drive industry at the European Commission that plays a key role in helping the development of clean vehicles. In addition, as it is often hard to make initial contact with this vast institution AVERE helps his members to approach the relevant persons and to assist in project co-ordination. AVERE organizes conferences, meetings and workshops so that everyone involved in electric vehicle production can keep abreast of changing technology and evolving markets.
In particular EET, the European ELE-DRIVE Transportation Conference, or EVS, the Worldwide International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition are to be mentioned. This latter event is jointly organized by AVERE and its two sister associations EDTA and EVAAP and is attended by more than 1,500 people involved in the world electric vehicle market. AVERE participates in several European projects aimed at promoting the development of Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles. During the past 20 years of working in close association with the European institutions and carrying out a number of studies (Cost 302, EDS, Joule-Cities, etc.) AVERE has acquired a wealth of experience in the field of co-operation between companies and with the European institutions. More recently, AVERE was the coordinator of ELEDRIVE, the EU Commission’s Thematic Network on Fuel Cells and their applications for Electric & Hybrid Vehicles, gathering 41 partners. The association was involved in different projects related to Hydrogen, like HYSOCIETY, or mobility management systems, like IMMACULATE or the European Mobility Week. It just finished coordinating the SUBAT project that helped the EU Commission to take adequate decision regarding maintain, or not, of cadmium, in the exemption list of Directive 2000/53 on End-of-Life Vehicles. Currently, AVERE coordinates the HARMONHY 12 months project aiming to make an assessment of the activities on hydrogen and fuel cell related regulations and standards on a worldwide level. On this basis gaps will be identified and propositions to solve fragmentation will be made. AVERE’s involvement in electric two-wheelers is mainly done via its function of operating agent of the Annex XI of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Implementing Agreement of the International Energy Agency, IEA for short.
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