Project Outcomes - 2Zero Emission

InnoBMS Project update: Deliverable D4.2 – Rapid hardware prototype of the wireless battery module system

The InnoBMS project marked progress toward its core objective: the development and demonstration of a TRL6, future-ready Battery Management System (BMS) that maximizes battery utilisation and performa...

Check the new RHODaS deliverable “D5.1. Description of the final prototype of the RHODaS hybrid T-Type power converter. Definition of scenarios and procedures for validation”

The deliverable D5.1 presents the final prototype of the RHODaS high‑power hybrid T‑type multilevel inverter, documenting its design, integration, and validation procedures. The report provides a...

Discover GIANTS new Deliverable: D2.3. Paving the Way for Mass Adoption of Frugal EVs

The GIANTS project aims to close the current gap between existing L-category vehicles and M- and N1-category vehicles, offering users a solution that combines mission versatility with affordability. T...

eBRT2030 launched its innovative hybrid eBRT demonstration along the Syggrou corridor, in Athens

eBRT2030 has launched an innovative hybrid electric Bus Rapid Transit (eBRT) demonstration along the Syggrou corridor in Athens. The four-kilometre route connects the Fix metro station with the Stavro...

A new HIPE White Paper offers a comprehensive review of gate driver and power module integration technologies for modern power electronics.

HIPE has announced the release of its latest White Paper, “Gate driver and power module integration – Part A: Review of Technologies for Power Electronics”, providing a structured and accessible...

New milestone achieved for eBRT2030 project: Scania’s First eBRT Bus in Colombia completes homologation

A new milestone has been reached for the eBRT2030 project, part of the 2Zero portfolio: the first fully electric bus developed under the project has completed its homologation process in Colombia. T...

New publication by the HIPE Project: ‘Lifetime-aware nonlinear model predictive control for EV power converters’

The HIPE project announced a new research publication, introducing a lifetime-aware nonlinear model predictive control strategy for electric vehicle power converters. The study proposes an NMPC framew...

New publication by the GIANTS project on sector coupling and renewable energy integration in transport

A new open-access paper released within the GIANTS project explores how sector coupling can accelerate the integration of renewable energy into transport. The publication, “Sector coupling: accelera...

EV4EU new publication on optimal EV charging infrastructure planning

EV4EU is proud to announce a new research publication by our consortium partners ΔΕΔΔΗΕ Α.Ε. - HEDNO S.A. and DTU - Technical University of Denmark, appearing in the Sustainable Cities and Soc...

New publication on the RHODaS Multi-Stakeholder Platform: Electrification of powertrain and chassis components as opportunity for efficient and user-centric road transportation

The RHODaS Multi-Stakeholder Platform announces the publication of a new paper that brings together the results of three major 2Zero R&D projects: HighScape, EM-TECH, and SmartCorners, all part o...

Have a look at SCAPE new article ‘Generalized Multiport, Multilevel NPC Dual-Active-Bridge Converter for EV Auxiliary Power Modules’

SCAPE is proud to announce the publication of a new research article contributing to the advancement of next-generation power electronics for electric vehicles. Auxiliary power modules play a cruci...

New publication from the InnoBMS project: Impedance-based methodology for early detection of Thermal Runaway in Li-ion batteries

As part of the InnoBMS project, a new article has recently been published, titled “Impedance-based Thermal Runaway early detection methodology for Lithium-Ion batteries”, on the International Jour...

XL- Connect new paper “Scalable Energy Management Model for Integrating V2G Capabilities into Renewable Energy Communities”

XL-Connect has published a new research paper introducing a scalable energy management framework designed to unlock the potential of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Renewable Energy Communities (RECs). The...

metaCCAZE partner NTUA publishes new paper on the optimisation model for resilient electric bus charging infrastructure

metaCCAZE partner, the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), has published a new paper in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, presenting an optimisation model that support...

EBRT2030 new publication: Total Cost of Ownership of battery electric buses across European countries

The EBRT2030 project has released a new study on the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of battery electric buses across Europe (EU27 + UK + Türkiye). The analysis provides a detailed review of...

CliMAFlux new deliverable on benchmark and specifications for a holistic sustainability framework

CliMAFlux project has released a new deliverable titled D2.5: Report on Benchmark and Specifications of the Holistic Framework for CliMAFlux Results. This document outlines how environmental sustainab...

VOLTCAR Publication Highlights European Initiatives Addressing High Efficiency and Low-Cost Electric Motors for Circularity and Low use of Rare Resources

A scientific publication titled “European Initiatives Addressing High Efficiency and Low-Cost Electric Motors for Circularity and Low Use of Rare Resources” was released in conjunction with SAE W...

EFFEREST, MINDED, and SmartCorners joint paper on user-centric Electric Vehicle design

The 2Zero research projects EFFEREST, MINDED, and SmartCorners have co-authored a scientific paper titled "European Initiatives for User-Centric Design of Electric Vehicles", now available online....

eBRT2030 paper explores pathways to electrify bus rapid transit systems in developing regions

A new paper titled “Electrifying Bus Rapid Transit Systems in Developing Regions” has just been published by eBRT2030. The publication examines how Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems, originally desi...

New SCALE White Paper highlights the potential of EV fleets for grid balancing in Europe

The SCALE project has released a new white paper titled "Turning EV Fleets into Grid Assets", exploring how electric vehicle fleets can become a valuable resource for balancing Europe’s electricity...

MetaCCAZE partner NTUA new paper on Optimising Bus Charging Infrastructure in the city of Limassol

The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), a key partner in the METACCAZE project, has recently published a new scientific paper titled "Extending Electric Bus Charging Infrastructure Cons...

EM-TECH and HighScape present Next-Gen E-Motor Architectures for Sustainable Mobility at TRA 2024

EM-TECH and HighScape joined forces to present cutting-edge research on electric motor technologies that promise to reshape vehicle design and efficiency. Their joint publication, presented at TRA2024...

New RHODaS Deliverables advance lab validation of power converters and thermal management for heavy-duty electric transport

The RHODaS project continues to make strides in accelerating the deployment of heavy-duty electric vehicles by addressing critical technological barriers. As part of this mission, RHODaS has recentl...

New MetaCCAZE studies support scalable and cost-effective E-bus infrastructure

The MetaCCAZE project is advancing the planning and optimisation of electric bus charging infrastructure through two newly published scientific studies. As the electrification of public transport acce...

HighScape new Deliverable on Simulation Models for Power Electronics and BEV Systems

The 2Zero HighScape project, which is focused on delivering high-efficiency, high-power density, cost-effective, scalable, and modular power electronics solutions for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs),...

Simulation-based assessment of the grid impact of bi-directional charging, paper based on the EU-project “ESCALATE” work

Recently published under the title “Simulation-based assessment of the grid impact of bi-directional charging”, this paper presents the design and simulation of a three-phase bi-directional char...

New RHODaS Report advances holistic digital twin technology for integrated motor drives

The RHODaS project has recently published a major report titled “Definition and Implementation of a Holistic Digital Twin of the Integrated Motor Drive,” marking a significant milestone in advanci...

HiPE project shares new insights on thermal management for Next-Gen power electronics

The HiPE project, which is driving innovation in wide bandgap power electronics for the next generation of Battery Electric Vehicles, has published new findings on advanced thermal management strategi...

ZEFES Project releases four key deliverables in Milestone 5 to propel Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle innovation

The ZEFES project has successfully published four critical deliverables as part of Milestone 5, offering advanced tools, assessments, and frameworks essential for the development and deployment of fue...

Innovative Study on Battery Thermal Management Systems published by NextETRUCK Consortium Members

As part of the Horizon Europe-funded NextETRUCK project, researchers from consortium partners CIDETEC Energy Storage and TECNALIA have published new findings that could significantly enhance the effic...

SCALE project releases new technical guideline for smart and bidirectional charging infrastructure

The 2Zero project SCALE has published a comprehensive new technical guideline to support the deployment of smart and bidirectional electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. This milestone docume...

NextETRUCK Fleet decarbonisation tool: empowering the transition to zero-emission freight

The 2Zero project NextETRUCK has launched a new fleet decarbonisation tool, developed by Cenex, designed to support logistics companies in transitioning to electric trucks. This tool assists fleet man...

DriVe2X Paper: Smart, Clean, and Efficient: The Future of Waste Management in Urban Areas

Effective waste management is essential for promoting sustainable urban development, tackling issues such as resource conservation, environmental protection, and reducing carbon emissions. The DriV...

metaCCAZE Project Partner NTUA new paper on optimal placement of electric bus charging infrastructure

As part of the Horizon Europe-funded metaCCAZE project, researchers from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) have published a new study addressing a central challenge in the transition...

Krakow Introduces metaCCAZE cargo bikes as part of future urban transshipment hub

As part of the Horizon Europe-funded metaCCAZE project, the city of Kraków has launched a new fleet of cargo bikes, marking a key milestone in developing sustainable urban logistics. This pilot initi...

VOLTCAR project featured in the new volume Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility

The 2Zero VOLTCAR project is featured in the open access publication Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility – Volume 3: Eco-efficient Mobility Systems, part of the proce...

XL-CONNECT project: Key results achieved in WP5: Virtual and Real Demonstrations

As part of the 2Zero partnership, the XL-Connect project is at the forefront of advancing smart and bidirectional charging for electric vehicles in Europe. The project has recently achieved a major...

eCharge4Drivers final brochure: key achievements and results

We are thrilled to present the final brochure of the eCharge4Drivers project, an EU-funded Horizon 2020 initiative aimed at improving the electric vehicle charging experience across Europe. With a m...

Optimizing waste collection with electrified fleets: a new publication from DriVe2X project partner, ASM Terni

We are excited to share the latest publication from ASM Terni S.p.A., a key partner in the DriVe2X project, which demonstrates the advantages of electrifying waste collection fleets and implementing...

eBRT2030 project in demo city Prague

The project eBRT2030 stopped in demo city Prague during the October 2024 eBus:conference organised by Trolley:motion. The event focused on zero-emission bus systems as the backbone of climate-neutral...

metaCCAZE key milestone: co-design and prototyping of 12 innovative Use Cases

The Horizon Europe project, metaCCAZE, has achieved a significant milestone with the release of its latest deliverable. The below document outlines the co-design and prototyping of twelve innovative U...

Exciting new space dedicated to the future of mobility: OSTRA Labor

On August 31, 2024, the newly revamped Heinz-Steyer-Stadion celebrated its grand opening, where OSTRA Labor officially welcomed the citizens of Dresden. This exciting new space is dedicated to the fut...

Europe’s first hydrogen refueling station for buses in Madrid

Madrid Inaugurated Europe’s First Hydrogen Refueling Station for Buses, key component of the MOBILITIES FOR EU pilots, serving as a flagship example of how our living labs can accelerate the adoptio...

From EGVI-funded project to flourishing startup: Innovation meets opportunity!

Initially supported by the H2020 EGVI funding programme (€8M), the Easily diStributed Personal RapId Transit (ESPRIT) project was designed to address the growing challenges of congestion, environmen...

HighScape Project: e-Gear system, new concept for an efficient speed range?

Electric motors for vehicles are evolving rapidly, driven by the need for compact designs, high power density, energy efficiency, and affordability. As a result, permanent magnet synchronous machines...

Enhance ride comfort: On-Board Electric Powertrain Control to Reduce Road-Induced Oscillations

The EM-TECH project recently published a paper in Elsevier, titled "On-board electric powertrain control for the compensation of the longitudinal acceleration oscillations caused by road irregularitie...

RHODAs project developing advanced Active Gate Drivers (AGDs)

The RHODaS research project has released a new report, “Active Gate Drivers for High Power, High-Frequency WBG Devices," as part of its deliverables. The studies focus on developing and testing an i...

Position Paper: The URBANIZED vision for commercial vehicles for future urban logistics

In order to be truly sustainable, logistics should be zero-emission, safe for everyone, and have a low impact on urban space while meeting the needs of citizens and businesses. However, current urban...

Exploring the potential of smart charging for electric vehicles in Germany

This study, led by Qwello, evaluates the USER-CHI SMAC solution based on German market specifications, user behaviours, and use cases. It explores how smart charging strategies can optimise electric v...

Groundbreaking work & contribution from the USER-CHI project towards standardisation

In 2023, USER-CHI promoted the creation of a CEN and CENELEC Workshop on “Innovative solution for user-centric charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, thanks to UNE - Asociación Española de...

iModBatt

Industrial Modular Battery Pack Concept Addressing High Energy Density, Environmental Friendliness, Flexibility and Cost Efficiency for Automotive Applications iModBatt answers to the Physical integr...

IMPERIUM

IMplementation of Powertrain control for Economic, low Real driving emIssions and fuel ConsUMption Fuel economy is a key aspect to reduce operating costs and improve the efficiency of freight traff...

ALLIANCE

Affordable Multi-Material Lightweight Design Overview of the final results of the H2020 project ALLIANCE In the last years, the research activities in the field of lightweighting have be...

SUREAL-23

SUREAL-23: Understanding, Measuring and Regulating Sub-23 nm Particle Emissions from Direct Injection Engines Including Real Driving Conditions SUREAL-23 is a Horizon 2020 project (G.A. 724136), fund...

ALISE project

ALISE is a pan European collaboration focused on the development and commercial scale-up of new materials and on the understanding of the electrochemical processes involved in the lithium sulfur techn...

XERIC

An energy-friendly Climate Control System successfully developed A substantial amount of energy is required currently to run auxiliary systems within electric vehicles, which is a major drain on the...

RESOLVE – Range of Electric SOlutions for L-category VEhicles

Overview RESOLVE objectives are the development of elements for powertrain, chassis and driver wellbeing/information/experience that can be applied to a wide range of Electric L-category Vehicles (EL...

ECOCHAMPS – European Competitiveness in Commercial Hybrid and AutoMotive PowertrainS

How can we develop hybrid electric passenger cars and commercial vehicles that perform better, that emit less CO2 and that still will be more affordable? That was the topic of lively discussions at t...

FREVUE – FReight Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe project

Towards electric freight vehicles in European cities In the framework of the European project FREVUE (FReight Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe), urban logistics operators tested fully electric veh...

Epsilon project

Larger and more densely populated urban areas are causing new challenges to mobility systems in terms of congestion as well as pollutant and noise emissions. Funded by the European Commission within t...

COSIVU – Compact Smart and Reliable Drive Unit for Commercial Electric Vehicles (July 2015)

COSIVU is an FP7 project financed within the program “ICT for electric vehicles”. (GA no: 313980). It is a three year project that started in October 2012 with a budget of 5,2 M€ and an EU contr...

ODIN – Optimized electric Drivetrain by INtegration (March / April2015)

Overview One of the primary goals in the development of electric vehicles is to reduce the cost while ensuring performance and meeting automotive quality standards to reach market acceptance. Usual...

LISSEN – Lithium Sulfur Superbattery Exploiting Nanotechnology (February 2015)

Main goal The project aims to develop a proof of concept battery, which can be scaled-up to industrial needs. Battery of study Lithium-Sulfur (very high energy density, 3730 Wh/kgsulfur, low co...

EUNICE – Eco-design and Validation of In-Wheel Concept for Electric Vehicles (December 2014 / January 2015)

Motivation and Objectives The main objective of this project is the design, development and validation of a complete in wheel motor assembly prototype (electric motor, power electronics, reduction ge...

eVADER – Electric Alert for Detection and Emergency Response (November 2014)

eVADER, (electric Vehicle Alert for Detection and Emergency Response), is a European Commission project in which a consortium, including academic institutions, OEM’s and Tier One suppliers, has stud...

ELIBAMA – European Li-Ion Batteries Advanced Manufacturing (October 2014)

Motivation & Objectives Electric Vehicles (EVs) represent the future of sustainable road transport. Yet the path towards mass-scale production of large lithium-ion batteries, as necessary for ele...

OPTIMORE – Optimised Modular Range Extender for every day customer usage (August/September 2014)

Motivation & Objectives The OptiMoRE project takes on the challenge to develop and optimize the concept of the fully integrated, range-extended, electrified light duty vehicle. Three different...

e-DASH – Electricity Demand and Supply Harmonization for EVs (July 2014)

Overall Project Objective The project “e-DASH” (Electricity Demand and Supply Harmonization for EVs) coordinated by Volkswagen aims at the design, development and validation of an innovat...

HEMIS – Electric powertrain HEalth Monitoring for Increased Safety of FEVs (June 2014)

The electric powertrain HEalth Monitoring for Increased Safety of FEVs (HEMIS) is a European project under the 7th Framework Program of the European Commission. The project started in June 2012 and ai...

ESTRELIA – Energy Storage with lowered cost and improved Safety and Reliability for electrical vehicles (May 2014)

Project Duration: May 2011 – October 2014 The project ESTRELIA provides building elements contributing to enhanced reliability and safety at lowered costs for smart energy storage for FEVs. &n...

OpEneR – Optimal Energy consumption and Recovery based on a system network (April 2014)

The OpEneR project started in May 2011 and will run until end of July 2014. Six partners are intensively cooperating from the beginning onwards to achieve the OpEneR targets (see Tab. 1). Table 1 OpE...

OPERA4FEV – Operating Energy Rack for Full Electric Vehicle (March 2014)

The Operating Energy Rack for Full Electric Vehicles project (OPERA4FEV) is a European project under the 7th Framework Program of the European Commission. The project started in September 2011 for a t...

UNPLUGGED – Inductive charging for Electric Vehicles (February 2014)

UNPLUGGED project (www.unplugged-project.eu – info@unplugged-project.eu) aims to investigate how the use of inductive charging of Electric Vehicles (EV) in urban environments improves the convenienc...

eCo-FEV – Combining infrastructures for efficient electric mobility (January 2014)

eCo-FEV is co-funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme and extends over a period of 33 months, from September 2012 until May 2015. The project involves 13 partners from UK...

SmartBatt – Smart and Safe Integration of Batteries in Electric Vehicles An EU funded project (November/December 2013)

The European countries are committed to keep on reducing CO2 emissions and slowing down the climate change. For the individual transport system, the pure electric vehicle technology powered by “gre...

CASTOR – Car Multi-Propulsion Integrated Power Train (October 2013)

CASTOR - Car Multi-Propulsion Integrated Power Train (October 2013) Sustainability is a truly global trend leading carmakers in the US, Japan, Europe and China to propel electrified mobility into t...

ID4EV – Intelligent Dynamics for Fully Electric Vehicles (September 2013)

ID4EV stands for "Intelligent Dynamics for Fully Electric Vehicles" and is a collaborative project supported by the European Commission Sub-programme ICT for the Fully Electric Vehicle and funded by E...

P-MOB – “Integrated Enabling Technologies for Efficient Electrical Personal Mobility” (August 2013)

P-MOB and his brother Wide-Mob have addressed the development of EVs that can both meet the regulations of the classical M1 category of vehicles and the new regulations of Micro EVs vehicles (weightin...

SuperLIB (July 2013)

The energy storage system is the most critical component for electric vehicles, and its performance, cost, durability and reliability will determine how widespread electric vehicles will be used. Th...

SMART-LIC battery management system (June 2013)

Current limitations of battery systems for fully electric vehicles (FEV) are mainly related to performance, driving range, battery life, re-charging time and price per unit. New cell chemistries are a...