Connected mobility services are playing an increasingly important role in making urban mobility more environmentally friendly. The recently launched GAIA-X 4 moveID research project plays a significant role in this regard, bringing together services from the private and public sectors. Areas of application include smart parking, smart charging for electric vehicles and the establishment of dynamic low-emission zones in urban areas. Over the next three years, Materna will work with numerous consortium partners, including companies such as Bosch and Continental, to develop the underlying mobility data space for secure data exchange. Through this federated data space, vehicles can securely connect with other road users and transport infrastructure components and interact with one another.
The GAIA-X 4 moveID project supports the concept of connected mobility services and is developing a decentralised mobility data space for two-way communication between the digital identities of vehicles and other components of the transport infrastructure. It is a sub-project of the European initiative GAIA-X 4 Future Mobility, in which numerous renowned companies and organisations are participating. GAIA-X 4 Future Mobility is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
Use cases for the mobility of the future based on a federated data space
The GAIA-X 4 moveID research project explores a wide range of scenarios for intelligent traffic management, such as smart parking, smart charging and smart zoning. To interconnect vehicles and other components involved – such as traffic lights, barriers, parking meters, petrol stations and charging points – each is assigned its own unique digital identity. Each ID is registered decentrally on a blockchain and validated using distributed ledger technology (DLT). Through these self-sovereign identity (SSI) technologies, the sensors of all objects in the system can connect to one another and subsequently interact.
“With ad hoc identification and the automated authorisation of routes, traffic zones can be implemented dynamically. For example, traffic-calmed zones and low-emission zones can be temporarily established in areas where traffic management or environmental considerations so require. Making urban mobility more environmentally friendly is one of the main objectives of this GAIA-X project,” says Thomas Feld, Vice President of Data Economics at Materna.
Furthermore, data collected from vehicles can be exchanged directly with the car manufacturer and used as a basis for software updates and product improvements. To explore this use case in greater detail within the project, Continental’s state-of-the-art model factory will be connected to the data room as an example.
Materna brings many years of expertise to the project
Materna is a project partner in two of the five sub-projects within the GAIA-X 4 Future Mobility project family. In the GAIA-X 4 moveID and GAIA-X 4 ROMS (Remote Operation Management Services) projects, the IT service provider is contributing its long-standing expertise in setting up data ecosystems and developing mobility data rooms. Together with the participating consortium partners, Materna is laying important foundations for innovative mobility services of the future across Europe.
About Materna
The Materna Group implements sustainable IT and digitalisation projects for clients from large corporations, SMEs and public authorities. With more than 3,200 employees worldwide, Materna generated a turnover of 433 million euros (2021). Its expertise and capabilities are organised across nine focus areas. Materna has held a market-leading position for many years in the focus areas of Digital Government, Enterprise Service Management and Passenger Journey. Through its focus areas of SAP Transformation, Journey2Cloud™ and Cyber Security, Materna offers solutions to the most pressing challenges currently facing almost every sector. In the focus areas of Digital Experience, Sustainability & Resilience, and Data Economy, Materna provides solutions that enable clients to position themselves for the long term in a sustainable and value-adding manner.
