2Zero State Representative Group visits Politecnico di Torino

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Politecnico di Torino was pleased to welcome the 2Zero State Representative Group for a visit dedicated to ongoing Horizon Europe activities supporting the transition to zero-emission mobility. The meeting offered an opportunity to showcase Politecnico di Torino’s active role as a partner in three Horizon Europe projects EM-TECH, HighScape, and SmartCorners, and their contribution to the objectives of the 2Zero Partnership.
The visit fostered an open exchange on project progress, innovative technological and urban solutions, and the strong synergies emerging across the three initiatives. It also highlighted the importance of connecting European policy ambitions with concrete research and innovation actions, strengthening collaboration between institutional stakeholders and project partners working towards a more sustainable, zero-emission transport future.

Interview post: Petra Jan, Elaphe

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Let’s step behind the scenes one more time: Petra Jan from Elaphe on the importance of collaboration as in the scope of our SmartCorners project.

Interview time: Florian Ratz, Armengaud Innovate

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Camera, set, go: Florian Ratz from Armengaud Innovate on what is special about SmartCorners and the activities pursued.

Interview time: Eric Armengaud, Armengaud Innovate

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Ready for the next insight? Let’s go: Eric Armengaud, on the E-VOLVE Cluster and our cooperation with the membering projects.

Interview time: Walter Lukesch, AVL DiTEST

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A new interview is here! In this edition, we talk to Walter Lukesch, project coordinator from AVL DiTEST, on the cooperation with the students who were setting up the SmartCorners demonstrator in cooperation with the project partners.

Interview time: Cecilia Formento

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Camera, set, go: Cecilia Formento, PhD student at Politechnico di Torino, is sharing her view on the in-wheel motor as universal actuator and the opportunities she sees from control point of view.

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Interview time: Adhi Triatmojo, UEMI

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It’s interview time 🎤📹

Camera, set, go: Stakeholder engagement is an integral part of the SmartCorners project work and Adhi from UEMI is sharing insights into the stakeholder survey with you.

“Forget Axles. This Startup Wants to Put the Entire EV Motor in the Wheel”

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During the SmartCorners General Assembly in July in Ljubljana, elaphe not “only” hosted the General Assemblies of SmartCorners and HighScape, but also organized a test drive and a press conference with invited journalists. We are thrilled to see the article by Andrew Lambert in INSIDE EVs putting a focus on the activities of elaphe in the SmartCorners project. Have a read on the FULL ARTICLE.

European Initiatives for User-Centric Design of Electric Vehicles

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E-mobility is revolutionizing the automotive industry by improving energy-efficiency, lowering CO2 and non-exhaust emissions, innovating driving and propulsion technologies, redefining the hardware-software-ratio in the vehicle development, facilitating new business models, and transforming the market circumstances for electric vehicles (EVs) in passenger mobility and freight transportation.

Ongoing R&D action is leading to an uptake of affordable and more energy-efficient EVs for the public at large through the development of innovative and user-centric solutions, optimized system concepts and components sizing, and increased passenger safety. Moreover, technological EV optimizations and investigations on thermal and energy management systems as well as the modularization of multiple EV functionalities result in driving range maximization, driving comfort improvement, and greater user-centricity.

This paper presents the latest advancements of multiple EU-funded research projects under the Horizon Europe framework and showcases their complementarities to address the European priorities as identified in the 2Zero SRIA, namely EFFEREST, MINDED, and SmartCorners. EFFEREST targets energy efficiency, comfort, safety, and affordability of EVs through considering knowledge from real-fleet behavior and personalization of data. MINDED aims to maximize EV’s driving range by improving the thermal- and energy management of an electric minibus to reduce energy consumption while optimizing thermal comfort, and therefore directly impacting the user acceptance. SmartCorners provides scalable, flexible, and user-centric smart corner systems including e-axles and e-corners based on in-wheel powertrains. SmartCorners aims at introducing smart corner systems based on in-wheel powertrains as underlaying technology toward software-defined vehicles, enabling rightsizing, holistic optimization, innovative fault mitigation and actuator allocation strategies as well as more efficient, adaptive, predictive, and personalized system operation.

Read the full paper HERE.

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2Zero Interview with DAMIAN BACKES, Co-Leader of Pillar 1

DAMIAN BACKES, Co-Leader Pillar 1. Source: 2Zero

Have a read on the full interview, where DAMIAN BACKES mentioned projects “not just optimize of the technology in itself, but to provide the best experience for the users. This is exactly the understanding of SmartCorners and we are inviting you to have a full read on the insights, he was giving in this excellent interview. Thanks a lot to 2Zero for sharing this initiative.