Powering EU Net Zero Future by Escalating Zero Emission HDVs and Logistic Intelligence

Projektinformationen

ESCALATE

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 101096598

DOI

10.3030/101096598

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 13 Dezember 2022

Startdatum 1 Januar 2023

Enddatum 31 März 2027

Finanziert unter

• Climate, Energy and Mobility

Gesamtkosten

€ 22 624 071,75

EU-Beitrag

€ 16 594 389,50

Koordiniert durch

FEV EUROPE GMBH
Germany

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Leistungen

Other (2)

Multi-Domain AI-powered Tools

AI-powered multi-domain tool chain for predictive maintenance (PdM). A reduction in the rate of cost is intended, and the future behaviour of the system based on the actual test is suggested to predict lifetimes and reduce future fatigueOne major goal will be forecasting maintenance based on multiple degradation models, failure scenarios, and system lifespans from the project demonstrators.

Visualisation-based explainable models for ZEV fleets

The simulation environment will use the data (generated by vehicles, stations and road infrastructure of the selected pilot routes, like from T5.4) and utilize the outputs of AI-powered tools (T5.3). Then, black-box and white-box AI models will be applied as an entailment to the AI-powered tools to extract and visualize the most salient factors presenting the most significant information with high accuracy and effective explainability.

Documents, reports (12)

Definition of digital twin requirements and architectures

Requirements, specifications and architectural design for modular and scalable physical models for all UCs

Grid-friendly charging solutions and protocols

Fast high-power charging and grid-friendly system solutions are addressed in a wide scope. A multitude of parallel development lines is carried out from the appropriate charging plug construction and cabling to advanced communication algorithms. Safe and low-noise systems are integral parts of development work.

D&C&E Plan

A Dissemination and Communication Plan (DCP) will be produced by M3 to guide dissemination efforts throughout the project and will be updated on M21.

Catalogue of Assessment Criteria

Catalogue of Assessment Criteria will foccused on Identification and assessment of the baseline per pilot. It will be used as a critical reference point for assessing innovations and their impact throughout the project life cycle

Requirements and Architectural Design of Cost-effective Standardised Modular and Scalable Powertrain Components

Requirements, specifications and architecture design of the demo vehicles towards a cost-effective standardized modular and scalable e-powertrain components, E/E and control architecture considering both central e-machine and e-axle solutions. The work will also focus on electrical and thermal domains as well as on control, reliability and safety aspects. In addition, requirements of FC, H2 storage, ESS and DC/DC converter will be defined accordingly.

ESCALATE Pilots Elicitation and Requirements

ESCALATE Pilots Elicitation and Requirements focus on the elicitation of functional and non-functional requirements following the User-Intimate Requirements Hierarchy Resolution Framework (UI-REF) methodology. The task formalises the requirements so that they can be mapped to specific activities and relevant system components for final requirements specification. identification of full green value chain of zHDVs for 3 different vehicle types (battery, fuel-cell and range extender).

Standardisation of Modular & Scalable Powertrain Components

Development of a conceptual architecture for the e-axle and its main components which is modular, compact scalable and optimized across the target VECTO groups. It will cover relevant aspects of electrical design, mechanical design, thermal design, controls, EMI & EMC, reliability & safety and manufacturability and maintainability. A detailed simulation and concept package model will be presented, and the result will be benchmarked by integrating the various e-axle combinations within the novel vehicle architecture.

Requirements& Architectural Design of Multi-energy Stations

Requirements, and specifications of single and multi-energy stations, both for battery HDV (b-HDV) and fuel cell HDV (f-HDV) are defined including viability, multi energy charge re fuel stations.

Refuelling Solutions and Protocols

Outcome will focus on solutions seeking for the various aspects of H2 refuelling topics, including the utilisation of the new high speed refuelling protocols. Safety and performance evaluation and development together with the end-users and other relevant stakeholders.

Data Governance, Monitoring & TGM Evaluation Framework

ESCALATE will rely on the Trial Guidance Methodology (TGM).Preparatory work for the pilots by focusing mainly on the Six-Step Approach that is composed of: i) Pilots and scenario objectives revisiting, ii) Revisiting and refreshing the research questions and hypotheses, iii) Revisiting and applying the data collection/preparation plan, iv) formulating the evaluation by considering the human-centric factors and the identified list of baseline assessment criteria (T2.1); v) scenarios (re)formulation, and vi) ESCALATE Solution selection. Validation scenarios will be defined so that they cover a large range of representative risks and threat scenarios of concern for ESCALATE.

Standardisation landscape

Will be described in 2 parts : I) Analysis of published standards, standards under development and further standardisation activities: This task forms the basis for the identification of gaps in the existing standards repository in the field of ESCALATE. DIN will therefore conduct research on and basic assessment of published standards, standards under development and further standardisation activities at European and international level, e.g., CEN, CENELEC, ISO, and IEC in the field of the electrification of HDV, followed by an evaluation by the consortium members.

Refuelling & charging infrastructure

Our focus will be on solutions seeking for the various aspects of H2 refuelling topics, including Refuelling system safety, regulatory framework

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (2)

Intelligent On-board Energy and Thermal Management SWs

The objective of this task is to develop the electrical and thermal management and control systems of the vehicle side to achieve a defined range including the air conditioning system, which is one of the largest auxiliaries, the optimization of energy-consuming vehicle systems. Improving system efficiency by modifying thermal hardware and software concepts is targeted in this task.

Standardised & modular BP&FC, prototyping and manufacturing

Data sets, microdata, etc (1)

Fleet Management Tools and Multimodal Data

Fleet management tool will be implemented. Requirements of fleet operators (T5.1) and limitations of vehicle types are implemented. For this purpose, recurring driving profiles and usage patterns will be derived from existing driving data of existing conventional vehicle fleet

Veröffentlichungen

Peer reviewed articles (4)

Energy Management of a Semi-Autonomous Truck Using a Blended Multiple Model Controller Based on Particle Swarm Optimization

Autoren: Mohammad Ghazali, Ishaan Gupta, Kemal Buyukkabasakal, Mohamed Amine Ben Abdallah, Caner Harman, Berfin Kahraman, Ahu Ece Hartavi
Veröffentlicht in: Energies, Ausgabe 18, 2025, ISSN 1996-1073
Herausgeber: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/EN18112893

Energy Management for a Fuel Cell Plug-In Hybrid Heavy-Duty Vehicle

Autoren: Erik Skeel, Ari Hentunen, Mikko Pihlatie, Jari Vepsäläinen, Mikaela Ranta, Prashant Singh, Sai Santhosh Tota
Veröffentlicht in: World Electric Vehicle Journal, Ausgabe 17, 2026, ISSN 2032-6653
Herausgeber: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/WEVJ17050233

Machine-learning integrated multi-domain co-optimization for electrified heavy duty fleets

Autoren: Christoph Wellmann, Pekka Rahkola, Sai Santhosh Tota, Mikko Pihlatie, Abdul Rahman Khaleel, Christopher Marx, Akshay Sharma, Markus Eisenbarth, Jakob Andert
Veröffentlicht in: eTransportation, Ausgabe 27, 2026, ISSN 2590-1168
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ETRAN.2025.100511

Baseline Assessment of ESCALATE Zero-Emission Long-Haul Truck Demonstrations Regarding Total Cost of Ownership

Autoren: Mikko Pihlatie, Mikaela Ranta, Sai Santhosh Tota, Erik Skeel, Pekka Rahkola, Joel Anttila, Tsegawu Kercho, Dimitrios Kontses, Umit Utku Turkan, Ahu Ece Hartavi, Petri Kananen, Topi Nenonen, Tapio Puranen, Pasi Salmela, Haluk Atasoy, Kezban Pilic, Betül Erdör Türk, Sinem Boyaci, Stephen Storrar, Emre Özgül, Adrián Valverde
Veröffentlicht in: World Electric Vehicle Journal, Ausgabe 17, 2026, ISSN 2032-6653
Herausgeber: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/WEVJ17060309

Other (1)

Data Governance, Monitoring & TGM Evaluation Framework

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Energy management for a fuel cell plug-in hybrid heavy-duty vehicle

Autoren: Erik Skeel
Veröffentlicht in: Degree programme Master's programme in Mechanical Engineering, 2024

Conference proceedings (1)

Rule-Based Energy and Thermal Management Strategy for Hybrid Fuel cell-Battery System Powered Heavy Duty Vehicle

Autoren: Prashant Singh, Shashank Arora, Sai Santhosh Tota, Lauri Vänttinen, Ari Hentunen, Mikko Pihlatie
Veröffentlicht in: 2025 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), 2025
Herausgeber: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TPEC63981.2025.10907070