Objective "Road transport is the second largest EU producer of CO2, one of the greenhouse gases responsible for climate change. While some improvements in efficiency of road vehicles have been achieved, continued growth in traffic and congestion mean that CO2 emissions from road transport have grown overall. At the same time rising fuel prices and supply instability also give pressure for increased efficiency. The EC has set targets for the average CO2 emissions of new vehicles to be 120 g/km by 2012, with further reductions needed to achieve a 40% reduction in CO2 from light passenger vehicles by 2020. The EE-VERT project will develop technologies that will play a key part in achieving these goals. Despite improvements in individual areas of the modern vehicle such as powertrain, a considerable amount of energy is wasted due to the lack of an overall on-board energy management strategy. Further electrification of auxiliary systems (the ""more electric vehicle"") promises energy and efficiency gains, but there is a need for a co-ordinated and predictive approach to the generation, distribution and use of energy. In the state-of-the-art, power is generated with little knowledge of the actual loads, and some systems (both electrical and mechanical) consume power continually regardless of demand. The introduction of systems such as alternator set-point control and EPAS are first steps towards optimising energy use but such systems operate in isolation. This project will develop strategies in conventional vehicles, also applicable to hybrids, for overall energy management (thermal and electrical) to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Also, the need for the strategies to guarantee power supply to safety-related systems will be considered. It is estimated that EE-VERT technologies can reduce CO2 emissions by around 10% for a car. For a large vehicle savings of around 40% of the CO2 that is created by an auxiliary system such as climate control is possible." Fields of science social sciencessocial geographytransportelectric vehiclesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Keywords CO2 reduction Energy efficiency fuel efficiency road transport road vehicle safety-related systems Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) SST-2007-1.1-02 - Vehicle/vessel and infrastructure technologies for optimal use of energy Call for proposal FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator MIRA LTD Address Watling street CV10 0TU Nuneaton United Kingdom See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Robert Simpkin (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all VOLVO TECHNOLOGY AB Sweden EU contribution € 428 764,00 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 Eilert Johansson (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA Italy EU contribution € 653 400,00 Address Strada torino 50 10043 Orbassano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Massimo Casali (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ROBERT BOSCH GMBH Germany EU contribution € 686 206,00 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) Administrative Contact Sandra Unland (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data LEAR CORPORATION HOLDING SPAIN SL* Spain EU contribution € 428 077,00 Address Carrer fusters 54 43800 Valls - tarragona See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Antoni Ferré (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ENGINEERING CENTER STEYR GMBH & CO KG Austria EU contribution € 126 818,00 Address Steyrer strasse 32 4300 St. valentin See on map Region Ostösterreich Niederösterreich Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Leo Rollenitz (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data FH JOANNEUM GESELLSCHAFT MBH Austria EU contribution € 574 460,00 Address Alte poststrasse 149 8020 Graz See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Hubert Berger (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA TIMISOARA Romania EU contribution € 117 300,00 Address Piata victoriei 2 300006 Timisoara See on map Region Macroregiunea Patru Vest Timiş Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ion Gheorghe Boldea (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data S.C. 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