Project description DEENESFRITPL New electrical motor technology for the vehicle industry To fight climate change, the transportation sector has been transitioning towards electric vehicles. Unfortunately, despite the benefits of such a move, the dependence of current electric traction motors on rare earth permanent magnet materials is costly and causes supply risk. The EU-funded VOLTCAR project will provide a revolutionary technology that allows for an impactful reduction of these materials while exceeding the state-of-art performance, cost and reliability requirements. The renewed design methodology and resulting novel high-speed motor could offer improved sustainability, allowing for circular value chains, recycling and reduced use of rare resources. Moreover, it would improve the power density of the motors and the energy efficiency of the vehicles and finally offer improved durability and lower costs. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective As a response to the need to decrease the transportation related emissions and energy consumption, today, all major passenger car and other light-duty vehicle manufacturers are broadening their electric vehicle portfolio. The dependency of the present electrical traction motors on the rare materials, such as rare earth permanent magnet materials, namely Neodymium-Iron-Boron magnets, is problematic from several viewpoints: they are imported and expensive and there is a real risk for supply problems in the coming years. To strengthen the European competitiveness, VOLTCAR ('Design, manufacturing, and validation of ecocycle electric traction motor') proposes high-speed, permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance technology with a drastic reduction in rare materials' utilisation.During VOLTCAR, the motor prototype is perfected to meet the strictest performance requirements (power density, efficiency), sustainability criteria (recyclability, circularity and low use of rare resources and copper) and the expectations of the automotive sector (cost, reliability, integrability). This major goal is supported by introducing digital design and optimisation methodologies that are capable of assessing the life cycle costs, energy consumption, and carbon footprint in the early phase, guiding the outcomes towards maximised sustainability with reduced use of rare materials and efficient recycling and repurposing patterns. The validity of the VOLTCAR motor prototypes, 50 kW and 120 kW motor, and related technologies is proved according to the automotive standards, presenting an X-in-the-loop (XiL) experimentation environments. With this development, VOLTCAR will simultaneously lead to more green jobs in local SMEs throughout Europe to reduce unemployment rate.The VOLTCAR consortium comprises world-leading automotive Tier 1 and Tier 2 companies and research partners with complementary knowledge and expertise for the successful execution of the proposed work. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingsocial sciencessocial geographytransportelectric vehiclesengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineering Programme(s) HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme HORIZON.2.5.7 - Clean, Safe and Accessible Transport and Mobility HORIZON.2.5.6 - Industrial Competitiveness in Transport Topic(s) HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-09 - Nextgen EV components: High efficiency and low cost electric motors for circularity and low use of rare resources (2ZERO) Call for proposal HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY Net EU contribution € 867 915,75 Address Tekniikantie 21 02150 Espoo Finland See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all ROBERT BOSCH GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 662 082,50 Address Robert-bosch-platz 1 70839 Gerlingen-schillerhoehe See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Ludwigsburg Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 DANFOSS MOBILE ELECTRIFICATION OY Finland Net EU contribution € 800 625,00 Address Lentokentaentie 44 53600 Lappeenranta See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Manner-Suomi Etelä-Suomi Etelä-Karjala Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 HIDRIA razvoj in proizvodnja avtomobilskih in industrijskih sistemov, d.o.o. Slovenia Net EU contribution € 393 125,00 Address Nazorjeva ulica 6a 1000 Ljubljana See on map Region Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 KREMENCHUK MYKHAILO OSTROHRADSKYI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Ukraine Net EU contribution € 119 987,50 Address 20,pershotravneva street 39614 Kremenchuk See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgium Net EU contribution € 299 500,00 Address Oude markt 13 3000 Leuven See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Arr. Leuven Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 LAPPEENRANNAN-LAHDEN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPISTO LUT Finland Net EU contribution € 606 875,00 Address Yliopistonkatu 34 53850 Lappeenranta See on map Region Manner-Suomi Etelä-Suomi Etelä-Karjala Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE NV Belgium Net EU contribution € 606 250,00 Address Interleuvenlaan 68 3001 Leuven See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Arr. Leuven Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 RTD TALOS LIMITED Cyprus Net EU contribution € 188 125,00 Address Diogenous 1 block a egomi 2404 Lefkosia See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Κύπρος Κύπρος Κύπρος Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI Slovenia Net EU contribution € 350 000,00 Address Kongresni trg 12 1000 Ljubljana See on map Region Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 BORGWARNER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 929 400,00 Address Marnheimer strasse 85-87 67292 Kirchheimbolanden See on map Region Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinhessen-Pfalz Donnersbergkreis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 KOLEKTOR MOBILITY UPRAVLJANJE NALOZB DOO Slovenia Net EU contribution € 173 250,00 Address Vojkova ulica 10 5280 Idrija See on map Region Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Goriška Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00