WIDE-MOB
Building blocks concepts for efficient and safe multiuse urban electrical vehicles
| Coordinatore | CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA
Organization address
address: Strada Torino 50 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Totale costo | 3˙740˙732 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙610˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-TRANSPORT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) |
| Code Call | FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-12-01 - 2014-05-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA
Organization address
address: Strada Torino 50 contact info |
IT (ORBASSANO) | coordinator | 804˙751.25 |
| 2 |
POLI MODEL SRL
Organization address
address: Strada CARIGNANO 46/1 contact info |
IT (MONCALIERI) | participant | 817˙010.00 |
| 3 |
IFP Energies nouvelles
Organization address
address: AVENUE DE BOIS PREAU 1 & 4 contact info |
FR (RUEIL MALMAISON) | participant | 380˙000.00 |
| 4 |
STMICROELECTRONICS SRL
Organization address
address: VIA C.OLIVETTI 2 contact info |
IT (AGRATE BRIANZA) | participant | 276˙000.00 |
| 5 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
Organization address
address: FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK contact info |
UK (SHEFFIELD) | participant | 231˙000.00 |
| 6 |
DUPONT DE NEMOURS INTERNATIONAL SARL
Organization address
address: CHEMIN DU PAVILLON 2 contact info |
CH (LE GRAND SACONNEX GENEVA) | participant | 51˙238.72 |
| 7 |
POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA
Organization address
address: PLAC POLITECHNIKI 1 contact info |
PL (WARSZAWA) | participant | 50˙000.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'While architectural requirements, and mechanical and thermal constraints imposed on an electrical powertrain are much less stringent when compared to conventional ICE based vehicles, the needs for cost reduction and range enhancement demand light structures, advanced aerodynamic solutions and optimisation of the drive train as a whole. WIDE-MOB addresses the design and development of EV’s basic building blocks, including: - Optimised aerodynamic bodies with embedded synthetic micro-jets that radically reduce the drag at any speeds - Lightweight and low cost bodies designed for high safety under both frontal and lateral crash - Overall system optimisation based on distributed propulsion including: i) fail safe distributed propulsion; ii) e-motor and torque control of the wheel; iii) integrated power-energy management and distributed battery-supercapacitor packs (high efficiencies over a wide torque/speed range demanded by real-use driving cycles). - Application of EMC-EMR and low frequency electromagnetic field (EMF) design concepts based on “prudent avoidance practices” for field mitigation on occupants. The high currents and voltages produced in electric drive trains pose new problems in terms of EMF which may become a health risk to occupants - Modular and reconfigurable design addressing the WIDEst needs with ergonomic on board space - Solar panels distributed on both horizontal and vertical surfaces with adaptive electronic for a higher range of operation and minimal needs of infrastructures The 3-year WIDE-MOB project will deliver: - A prototype and demo vehicle for urban mobility integrating the proposed innovative concepts. - Guidelines for the developed concepts to be widely applied to most EVs and HEvs architectures thus generating IPR and knowledge/experience upon which to build a world-leading EU position to track and exploit the global uptake of electrical mobility.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
The EU aims to play a leading role in the deployment of alternative propulsion technologies for sustainable mobility systems. An EU-funded initiative introduced innovative approaches for manufacturing energy-efficient and safe light urban electric vehicles (EVs).
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Light urban vehicles are a category of vehicles that are simpler and smaller than most cars, and are a perfect candidate for clean, electric urban mobility. However, regulations for such vehicles don't require crash testing and are therefore often less safe than "real" cars.
In order to encourage the electrification of road transport via alternative powertrain vehicles such as EVs the European Commission Research and Innovation Directorate General has launched several projects to demonstrate that such small vehicles can also reach a sufficient safety level while remaining more energy efficient than cars in the urban environment that produce noxious emissions and greenhouse gases.
To address the issue, the 'Building blocks concepts for efficient and safe multiuse urban electrical vehicles' (http://eeepro.shef.ac.uk/wide-mob/ (WIDE-MOB)) project considered the overall design and development components of Evs that can be broadly used. Overall, the aim was to make electrical urban mobility safer and more efficient.
Project members created several novel concepts to tackle safety as well as the reduction of energy consumption, use of raw materials and emissions. These include optimised aerodynamic bodies, lightweight and low-cost crashworthy architecture, overall system optimisation, smart solar panels, and modular and reconfigurable design.
WIDE-MOB partners developed a running demo vehicle for urban mobility by implementing all the concepts. Virtual and physical crash tests were carried out. Results showed that Evs under 600 kg are able to meet rigorous safety standards, achieve optimal performance and harvest energy via fitted smart solar panels.
Lastly, the team produced guidelines for concepts that can be extensively applied to the majority of EV and HEV architectures.
Given the importance of reducing carbon emissions and pollution from road transport and the price and security of oil supply, Evs will provide a viable alternative to traditional engines using fossil fuels. WIDE-MOB should ultimately help the EU to meet its targets for the rollout and uptake of clean and energy-efficient vehicles.