the European Association
for Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell
Electric Road Vehicles
AVERE is a European network comprised of members including Users, Associations, Public Bodies, Research & Development, Vehicle and Equipment Manufacturers, Electricity Utilities. Its main objective is promoting the use of Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles - individually and in fleets - and for priority uses for turning cities and countries greener.
The main activities to achieve these objectives are related to dissemination, networking, monitoring, participation in European and multilateral projects, lobbying, research and development, among other.
AVERE is a federate and decentralized structure (with a President, 3 Vice-presidents and an office in Brussels) with 12 National Associations and direct members, with more countries including new member states in the process of joining. In total 500 direct and indirect members.
AVERE – concerning Europe and Africa - forms the World Electric Vehicle Association (WEVA) together with EVAAP - covering Asia Pacific and EDTA -covering the Americas.
In public policy advocacy it presents the electric drive industries and R&D bodies concerns to the European Commission.
AVERE has the property rights and organizes the periodic Electric Ele-Drive Transportation conferences (past EET’s in Portugal, Belgium and Geneva) and together with WEVA twenty-four EVS in 40 years of World Electric Vehicle Symposiums. It also collaborates in regional events in different countries and in many specialized conferences and workshops.
AVERE's members include several national sections, which AVERE represents at Going-Electric's meetings:
