Local public transportation makes a major contribution to meeting people's mobility requirements. Heavily used routes are predominantly served by rail-based systems which unfortunately require high levels of capital expenditure and are inflexible when it comes to routing. By contrast, capacity quickly becomes an issue with buses
.The AutoTram concept combines the best of both worlds and also features highly efficient electric drive motors coupled with high-power batteries and supercaps. The result is low-emission transportation. The AutoTram is being used in Dresden, as part of the "Entrepreneurial Regions" program - funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).