Objective The objective of the project is the research on of low-cost components for fuel cell (FC-) systems and electric drive systems which can be used in future hybridised FC-vehicles (medium term objective) and ICE vehicles. The components will be analysed and tested in two FC-vehicle platforms with different concepts. The project consortium consists of 6 major European car manufacturers, 10 major and smaller suppliers, 6 institutes and 4 universities. The focus of the project is on components which have a high potential of significant cost reduction by decreasing complexity and/or choosing innovative approaches to support a future mass production. In the field of FC-system components the key components which are investigated are innovative air supply based on electrical turbochargers, novel humidification subsystems, new hydrogen sensors and innovative hydrogen injection system components. For the electric drive system we focus on highly integrated drive trains (converters, inverters and electrical motors) and high-energy-density battery systems based on innovative Li-Ion technology which has been developed in EU funded projects (EV-lift, Lionheart). All the component work is accompanied by a sub project which will work on requirements of the vehicles, subsystems and components, standardisation of the components, identification of synergies between components for FC- and ICE Hybrids, safety aspects and a comparative investigation of different electrical storage systems (battery / supercap) and the respective e-storage management. In the system level subproject not only will the components be integrated in the two validator vehicles and tested, but it will also be worked on optimised vehicle control strategies, energy-management and development of modular system control software. The improved system components and subsystems could be used as a basis for future FC- and ICE-vehicles which are planned to be deployed in the HyCOM initiative and the Lighthouse projects. Fields of science natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectric batteriesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfuel cells Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal FP6-2004-HYDROGEN-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme IP - Integrated Project Coordinator DAIMLER AG EU contribution No data Address Wilhelm-Runge-Str. 11 ULM Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (27) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AVL LIST GMBH Austria EU contribution No data Address Hans-List-Platz 1 GRAZ See on map Total cost No data ROBERT BOSCH GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Robert-Bosch-Platz1 10 60 50 STUTTGART See on map Total cost No data AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address Serrano 117 MADRID See on map Total cost No data CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Sieboldstrasse 19 NUERRNBERG See on map Total cost No data CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SOCIETA' CONSORTILE PER AZIONI Italy EU contribution No data Address Strada Torino, 50 ORBASSANO (TO) See on map Total cost No data ITALIAN NATIONAL AGENCY FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (ENEA) Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Aguillarese, 301 S. 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