Interview time: Eric Armengaud, Armengaud Innovate
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
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
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.
Interview time: Adhi Triatmojo, UEMI
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”
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
SAE WCX World Congress Experience 2025
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.
#WEDRIVE2ZERO
2Zero Interview with DAMIAN BACKES, Co-Leader of Pillar 1
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.
SmartCorners Demonstrator
Today, we are introducing you to our SmartCorners demonstration project; developed in collaboration with FH Joanneum Automotive Engineering Masters program.
This is an excellent opportunity for ambitious engineering students to explore and integrate innovative concepts into the demonstrator, including the key features:
• Up to 90° Steering Angle
• Brake-by-Wire
• Active Camber
• 3D Printing
During our General Assembly, the initial concept has been presented to the project consortium, and we are looking forward to the quality-gate meeting, happening soon.
SmartCorners SAE International WCX 2025!
SAE WCX2025 is taking place, this week and SmartCorners is part of it with the paper
“European Initiatives for User-Centric Design of Electric Vehicles”
jointly prepared with the projects EFFEREST and MINDED project. The paper presents the latest advancements of the research projects and showcases their complementarities to address the European priorities as identified in the 2Zero SRIA.
Looking forward to this excellent opportunity and the exchange with all experts and stakeholders present.
SHARE YOUR OPINION WITH US!
SmartCorners is an innovative vehicle technology that is designed to advance electric vehicles (EVs) by integrating multiple critical functions such as propulsion, braking, suspension, and steering, into compact, modular systems called “smart corners.” These systems use new advancements like in-wheel motors, AI-driven controls, and predictive maintenance to enhance vehicle efficiency, safety, and user experience.
Through this survey, we aim to gather valuable insights from stakeholders to better understand the challenges, opportunities, and expectations for implementing advanced vehicle technologies like SmartCorners. Your input will help shaping the future of mobility. The survey will only take 5 minutes of your time, is completely anonymous and will solely be used for the purpose of SmartCorners Stakeholder opinion collection. You can access the survey HERE.
FUNDING
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101138110.