Objective The objective of the EVIAC research programme is to develop the technology necessary for totally automatic charging systems for electric vehicles and the associated controls required to optimise the energy usage. The applications considered include electric passenger cars, vans, taxis, and industrial material handling equipment. In urban traffic, due to their beneficial effect on environment, electric vehicles are an important factor for improvement of traffic and more particularly for a healthier living environment. This has been clearly recognised by the major motorcar manufacturers who are now developing viable products that will come to the market in the very near future. The energy supply infrastructure for electric vehicles is however an important domain on which extensive work remains to be done. The outcome of the underlying project will be the realisation of a fully automatic charging system for electric road vehicles. Several technological approaches will be followed in function of the application requirements: high frequency charger with small sized coupling and passive mechanical alignment asymmetrical charger with large sized coupling and no mechanical alignment, for different classes of vehicles intermediate frequency (400 Hz) charger design These solutions will be assessed thoroughly, with the emphasis on their operational value and EMC characteristics. A detailed testing and validation period, using different kinds of vehicles, is foreseen. Related issues such as the integration of charger and battery management, and the optimisation of energy usage in electric vehicle fleets are also considered in particular. Dissemination of the technology, including standardisation work, will be specially taken care of. It is foreseen that at the end of the project, about one year of additional development, principally through the integration of the system onboard production vehicles, will lead to full scale marketability of the system. This will be concurrent with the forecast large scale development of the European electric vehicle market. The partnership involved, containing vehicle manufacturers (RENAULT, PSA, ELCAT), equipment manufacturers (DASSAULT A.T. DAVIS DERBY), electricity producers (EDF, ENEL), transport operators (CGFTE), international organization (CITELEC) and research centres (VUB, INRIA), will allow a comprehensive multi disciplinary approach of the problem. Fields of science social sciencessocial geographytransportelectric vehiclesengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineering Programme(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0302 - Transports Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Vrije Universiteit Brussel Address 2,pleinlaan 2 1050 Bruxelles Belgium See on map EU contribution No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CESI CENTRO ELETTROTECNICO SPERIMENTALE ITALIANO GIACINTO MOTTA SPA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via rubattino 54 Milano See on map Other funding No data CITELEC Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address 2,pleinlaan 2 1050 Bruxelles See on map Other funding No data Compagnie Générale Française de Transports et d'Entreprises France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 169,avenue georges clemenceau 92735 Nanterre See on map Other funding No data Dassault Electronique S.A. France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 55,quai marcel dassault 55 92214 Saint-cloud See on map Other funding No data Davis Derby Ltd. United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Chequers lane DE21 6AW Derby See on map Other funding No data Electricité de France France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 6,quai watier 6 78401 Chatou See on map Other funding No data Fortum Power and Heat Oy Finland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Minkkikaty 1-3 04430 Jävenpää See on map Other funding No data GIE PSA Peugeot Citroën France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Route de gizy 78140 Vélizy-villacoublay See on map Other funding No data Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique - INRIA France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Domaine de voluceau-rocquencourt 78153 Le chesnay See on map Links Website Opens in new window Other funding No data REGIENOV - RENAULT RECHERCHE ET INNOVATION France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 9,avenue du golf 1 78288 Guyancourt See on map Other funding No data