Objective In the next 20 years the number of small and light-weight full electric vehicles will substantially increase especially in urban areas. These Small Electric Vehicles (SEVs) shows distinctive design differences compared to the traditional car (e.g. no bonnets, vertical windscreens, outstanding wheels). Thus the consequences of impacts of SEVs with vulnerable road users (VRU) and other (heavier) vehicles will be different from traditional collisions. These fundamental changes are not adequately addressed by current vehicle safety evaluation methods and regulations. VRU protection, compatibility with heavier opponents and the introduction of active safety systems have to be appropriately taken into account in order to avoid any SEV over-engineering (e.g. heavy or complex vehicle body) by applying current regulations and substantially impair the SEVs (environmental) efficiency.Therefore the project SafeEV aims based on future accident scenarios to define advanced test scenarios and evaluation criteria for VRU, occupant safety and compatibility of SEVs. Moreover, industrial applicable methods for virtual testing of these scenarios and criteria (e.g. a method for active occupant safety assessment) will be developed. These methods are applied in order to derive protection systems for enhanced VRU and occupant safety for SEVs. The evaluation of one developed hardware system will be used to demonstrate the potential and applicability of these new methods. Dedicated best practice guidelines for VRU and occupant safety evaluation of SEVs will ensure a sustainable impact for industry and regulative organisations beyond the project duration. With the new evaluation methods developed, vehicle safety for SEV on urban roads in the next decade will be adequately addressed resulting in less fatalities and injuries without compromising vehicle efficiency. Moreover cost-efficient development of SEVs will be made possible by the new virtual testing methodologies developed. Fields of science social sciencessocial geographytransportelectric vehicles Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) GC.SST.2012.1-4. - Modelling and testing for improved safety of alternatively-powered vehicles 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 VIRTUAL VEHICLE RESEARCH GMBH Address Inffeldgasse 21 a 8010 Graz Austria See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Gerhard Zrim (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Germany EU contribution € 179 100,00 Address Berliner ring 2 38440 Wolfsburg See on map Region Niedersachsen Braunschweig Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Frank Schuh (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG Germany EU contribution € 147 000,00 Address Mercedesstrasse 120 70372 Stuttgart See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Christian Mayer (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 € 284 345,00 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 Other funding No data PININFARINA SPA Italy EU contribution € 48 189,00 Address Via bruno buozzi 6 10100 Turin See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Filippo Cappadona (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB Sweden EU contribution € 259 025,00 Address - 412 96 Goteborg See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Katarina Ekman (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG France EU contribution € 175 234,00 Address Rue blaise pascal 4 67081 Strasbourg See on map Region Grand Est Alsace Bas-Rhin Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sandrine Schott (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN Germany EU contribution € 227 838,00 Address Templergraben 55 52062 Aachen See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Städteregion Aachen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ernst Schmachtenberg (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ Austria EU contribution € 213 390,00 Address Rechbauerstrasse 12 8010 Graz See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Juergen Gugler (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ROBERT BOSCH GMBH Germany EU contribution € 129 701,00 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 Christina Kolbe (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data RISE SICOMP AB Sweden EU contribution € 137 239,00 Address Fibervaegen 2 - oejebyn 941 26 Pitea See on map Region Norra Sverige Övre Norrland Norrbottens län Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Vyas Gaurav (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
