Talking about sustainable mobility in these days of intense exodus is like putting water in the sea. Those who have decided to move along the peninsula do so with the means at their disposal, which in the majority of cases means a private car. It is the means that ultimately provides the most guarantees despite strikes, inconveniences and queues. However the solutions for improve the way to travel, also thinking about how to protect the environment, occupy the field of research and take funds also from the Pnrr. There is a national center that dedicates a selection of projects developed by companies and startups to sustainable mobility: the MOST Mobility Competition. The selection is based on innovation and also on the imagination of facing limit situations. Orientation towards sustainability is the main requirement to assert oneself and obtain recognition. From abroad they observe and in many cases purchase patents. A startup, to name one, has created a device a grid to be placed flush with the roadway which allows electricity to be obtained from the kinetic energy released by car brakes. Another has designed a system of structural electric batteries, where the weight of the battery is the same as the weight of the vehicle, very useful for both cars and ships or planes of the future.
Millionaire prizes made in Italy
MOST has an investment of 378 million euros, has relationships with the Cnr, dozens of companies and 24 universities. This year, more than 30 startups based in Italy participated in the selection of projects. 15 finalists won prizes for 1,5 million euro and excellent references. Are they the ones driving progress in one of the most critical sectors of the ecological transition? If they are not exhaustive, they are certainly on the field with determination and desire to do things. They present solutions using artificial intelligence, experiment with sustainable materials and processes for recycling and reusing resources. “Some of their solutions – writes the organization – are designed to reduce consumption and polluting emissions generated by logistics fleets”. In short, they face gigantic problems. Research in mobility is becoming the more aggressive sector cwith global interests that start from the assumption of creating alternative systems to the circulation of polluting vehicles. Not just since Elon Musk invented the Tesla but since it was realized that fuels shorten people's lives. Will the Chinese, the Americans, the Koreans win? In the meantime, "little" Italy is there.
