Objective UNPLUGGED project aims to investigate how the use of inductive charging of Electric Vehicles (EV) in urban environments improves the convenience and sustainability of car-based mobility. In particular, it will be investigated how smart inductive charging infrastructure can facilitate full EV integration in the urban road systems while improving customer acceptance and perceived practicality. UNPLUGGED will achieve these goals by examining in detail the technical feasibility, practical issues, interoperability, user perception and socio-economic impacts of inductive charging. As one special variant, inductive en-route charging will be investigated thoroughly.As part of the project, two smart inductive charging systems will be built, taking into consideration requirements from OEMs, energy utilities and end users. The systems will be innovative and will go beyond the current state of the art in terms of high power transfer, allowing for smart communication between the vehicle and the grid, as well as being in line with the latest inductive charging standards and considering interoperability. These innovative inductive charging systems designed and built as part of the project will then be tested and assessed in order to understand their potential impacts on urban mobility and the acceptance of e-mobility. Application in an en-route charging scenario in particular will be examined for different vehicle types, ranging from cars to buses.It is anticipated that UNPLUGGED will provide clear evidence on and demonstrate whether the use of smart inductive charging infrastructure can overcome some of the perceived barriers for e-mobility, such as range and size of on-board energy storage, and practical difficulties associated with installing traditional charging post infrastructure.UNPLUGGED will also include a feasibility study and economic model for dynamic en-route inductive charging. This technology is currently less mature than static en-route charging, however, it ha Fields of science social sciencessocial geographytransportelectric vehicles Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) GC.SST.2012.1-2. - Smart infrastructures and innovative services for electric vehicles in the urban grid and road environment Call for proposal FP7-SST-2012-RTD-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator FKA GMBH EU contribution € 225 633,00 Address STEINBACHSTRASSE 7 52074 Aachen Germany See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Städteregion Aachen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Axel Barkow (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (16) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ENIDE SOLUTIONS .S.L Spain EU contribution € 283 594,00 Address CALLE LA FONT, 27, 2nd Floor 08740 Sant Andreu De La Barca See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Stafano Persi (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA Italy EU contribution € 313 554,15 Address STRADA TORINO 50 10043 Orbassano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Maria Onida (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE Italy EU contribution € 170 060,00 Address Piazza San Marco 4 50121 Florence See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Firenze Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Monica Carfagni (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VOLVO TECHNOLOGY AB Sweden EU contribution € 86 716,46 Address GOTAVERKSGATAN 10 405 08 Goteborg See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Roy Johansson (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH Germany EU contribution € 184 520,00 Address VAHRENWALDER STRASSE 9 30165 Hannover See on map Region Niedersachsen Hannover Region Hannover Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jens Fiedler (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HELLA GMBH & CO KGAA Germany EU contribution € 202 107,00 Address RIXBECKER STRASSE 75 59557 Lippstadt See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Arnsberg Soest Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ulrich Büker (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL Belgium EU contribution € 76 860,00 Address PLEINLAAN 2 1050 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. 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