STEEL S4 EV - STEEL Solutions for Safe and Smart Structures of Electric Vehicles
STEEL S4 EV aims at putting high strength steel at the forefront of a new trend in electric vehicles: light vehicles with three or four wheels that comply with crash regulation and with more restrictive Euro NCAP demands.
Weld joint design and welding methodologies research to keep material properties along the joints assuring robustness and long term durability.
To do this cost competitively low investment manufacturing will be achieved by a modular and flexible structural design: a complex 3D skeleton frame of welded tubes, bent with high accuracy using programmed laser cuts will enable different vehicles sharing the same tooling.
Partners:
- Cidaut Foundation, Spain
- Interactive Fully Electrical Vehicles SRL, Italy
- Belgisch Instituut voor Lastechniek, Belgium
- MA SPA, Italy
- Thinkstep AG, Germany
The project is funded by the European Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS).
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