Projects in Focus
Project in Focus: ORCA final event
On 22 September 2021, the ORCA project held its final event. The core team presented the project results and gave insight into the technical innovations built into the multimodal bus and distribution truck prototypes developed. EUCAR supported this event. Luis de Prada presented the EUCAR vision, mission and perspectives on future sustainable propulsion and commercial vehicles.
The ORCA project focuses on advancing the efficiency of plug-in hybrid electric Commercial Vehicles. Representatives of the automotive value chain (OEMs, suppliers, and research organisations) joined forces to develop improved propulsion systems for multimodal buses and distribution trucks. These vehicle’s...
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Project in Focus: Advancing battery technologies with 3BELIEVE & SAFELIMOVE
High performant electric batteries are essential to de-carbonise society. The success of electric mobility depends on innovations: improving fast charging, increasing performance and vehicle range, reducing the overall cost of the batteries while ensuring the sustainability of materials and production are key research areas. EUCAR members together with research organisations and the battery value chain industry advance lithium-ion battery technologies for propulsion in two Horizon 2020 projects:
3BELIEVE will develop and demonstrate the next generation of high-energy battery cells (generation 3b) for automotive applications. These battery cells include sensors while the full battery...
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Project in Focus: ICT4CART
Europe’s automotive industry has joined forces with suppliers, research institutes, and road authorities in the ICT4CART (Infrastructure for Connected and Automated Road Transport) project to provide the ICT infrastructure to enable the transition towards road transport automation.
The project combines and advances the state of the art technologies from telecommunication, automotive and IT industries enabling seamless integration of vehicles with infrastructure and services. The overall ICT4CART system considers cyber-security and data privacy aspects while adopting a hybrid communication approach by combining cellular and digital short-range communications (e.g. ITS G5, LTE-V)...
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Project in Focus: LONGRUN
The LONGRUN project develops efficient and environmentally friendly long-distance powertrains for heavy-duty trucks and coaches. This confirms the commitment of the automotive industry to decrease CO2 emissions in road transport. The project brings together 30 partners, including three EUCAR members (DAF Trucks, FPT-IVECO, and Volvo Group), from 13 countries across Europe, who are joining forces to achieve a more sustainable future.
In its first year, the project has achieved two important milestones:
The range of tests to be performed has been defined to assess the achievement of LONGRUN expected impacts. This includes as well the main KPI’s and targets to be fulfilled during the...
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Project in Focus: L3Pilot Final Event
Europe’s automotive industry has joined forces with suppliers, research institutes, and road authorities to test and evaluate automated vehicle technologies in real traffic conditions. L3Pilot (Piloting Automated Driving on European Roads) is the EU flagship project testing the viability of Automated Driving for safe and efficient transport. 13 OEMs participate in the biggest project for large-scale pilots for SAE Level 3 functions. The 100 test vehicles are exposed to variable conditions in 10 European countries with 1,000 test drivers all over Europe.
The partners of the L3Pilot project concluded the piloting of Automated Driving Functions (ADF) on public roads across Europe....
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Project in Focus: eCharge4Drivers
As the popularity of electric vehicles (EV) grows, users' needs and expectations on charging solutions and services are increasing. The eCharge4Drivers project will enhance EV user experience at electric vehicle charging stations by offering newly improved services helping to increase the attractiveness and convenience of EVs. Working with 32 partners across 11 European countries, the project brings together key stakeholders help to offer an enhanced EV charging experience and speed up the transition to electric vehicles across Europe.
The project captures users' perceptions and expectations of various charging options and their mobility and parking habits. eCharge4Drivers will develop...
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