A vision of the future of mobility

Galp´s strategy for sustainable mobility consists of finding answers for urban needs, heavy transport and long distances, in addition to monitoring the technological evolution of hydrogen and synthetic fuels. For a better future

Issues in relation to sustainable mobility have become everyday business due to the fact, as a civilisation, we contend with expanding problems, both in relation to the environment and major demographic pressure, above all in our cities. As a means of addressing these issues, electrical mobility, on which Galp has been working since 2010 on the installation of the first rapid charging point in Europe in a service station, arises as a solution with a considerable number of benefits with regard to the environment and savings.

“We have been expanding our network ever since”, explains Diogo Almeida, from Corporate Strategy at Galp, “and we now have 18 rapid charging points at our service stations and another 18 due to be installed in the short term, including in the Azores and at a number of shopping centres. Electrical mobility, still in its early throes in Portugal, may apply to people´s home, car parks, offices, in the street, and, hence, requires a standpoint different to that of the players operating in this market".

“November marks the start of the electric vehicle charging payment system at rapid charging points and the remaining points are expected to become operational in the next six months”

However, when we refer to sustainable mobility, electrical mobility is just one of the pieces making up a far more complex puzzle, which requires answers that are both effective and wide-ranging. We talk about heavy transport, for example, long distances and the technological evolution of hydrogen and synthetic fuels.

“This problem needs to be addressed as a whole that is going to require aggregate solutions and which Galp, as the partner of transversal mobility we have been and will continue to be, is attentive”, adds Diego, who believes there will be a behavioral change with regard to mobility over the coming twenty years, both in relation to consumption and energy support.

Diogo Almeida, from Corporate Strategy at Galp, was one of the main speakers at CIFMOB - the International Conference on the Future of Mobility, held at the Alfandega Congress Centre in the city of Porto


15.000

This is the number of electric vehicles currently registered in Portugal, however an exponential increase is expected over the next few years. Nevertheless, it could be 10 to 15 years before this figure becomes really significant, as the renewal of the light vehicle fleet in our country is a slow process.