Meeting :

Speaker :

Date :

EARPA Conference 2013

Thilo Bein – EARPA Board

2 October 2013

EARPA RTD solving grand societal and industrial challenges

Preface

In the year 2050 more than 9 bn. humans will live on earth. (UN)

In the next 30 years 450 mill. Chinese people will live in cities,

which are not existing, yet. (Lutz Engelke, Trias Projektgesellschaft mbH, auto motor sport-Kongress 2010)

Up to the year 2030 appr. 500 cities will exist with a population over a

million citizens. 27 of them will be megacities. (8th world congress of network Metropolis - World Ass. of Major Metropolises)

Increasing challenges for reliability and sustainability

of our transport system

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… with zero-emission ideally

■ Economic growth

■ Demographic trends

■ Urbanization and megacities

■ Environmental and health concerns

■ Lifestyle changes

Reliability and Sustainability – Global Challenges

Greenhouse gas emission worldwide

Global economical crisis

Transportation

sector continues

to increase its

energy-related

CO2 emissions

Transportation demands worldwide until 2040

Passenger & goods transport compared to GDP (Europe)

■ Economic growth and transport capacity are aligned to each

other

Changing Habits

Continued urbanization will generate profound changes in vehicle ownership and use

• Reduced mileage requirement • Decreased relevance of the 2nd car

Increasing levels of congestion in urban areas

will challenge personal motor vehicles

• Urban air quality levels • Inconvenience of owning a car or ownership “hassle

factor”

New forms of mobility replace the personal car

• Connectivity and texting – “virtual mobility” • Telecommuting and video conferencing • Mass transit, cycling

Source: DHL, Fathi TLATLI, Automotive Future Innovations Conference. Galway, July 5, 2012

Innovation - from Lone Inventor to Wisdom of Crowds

Source: Volvo, Joakim Svensson, Automotive Future Innovations Conference. Galway, July 5, 2012

System approach getting all stakeholders involved

The most prominent independent R&D providers

• 41 members in 15 countries

• High level research, supporting the industry

• A strong & pro-active network

• EARPA members offer a comprehensive portfolio of RTD

• Leading knowledge across all relevant technology areas

• Independence of product development

EARPA continues to prepare for Horizon 2020

1. EARPA’s high level position paper

2. Regularly updated position papers of each EARPA Task Force – each focused on part of automotive R&D

3. Participation in Experts Groups, Answering EU Consultations

4. Contributions to European Visions and RTD Roadmaps

5. NEW: cross-cutting issue position papers: strengthening our system approach

EARPA’s system approach to face the Society’s Grand Challenges

ICE Safety NVH

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Connected systems Integrated technologies Electrification

Materials & Manufacturing

EARPA introduces the “cross-cutting issue position papers”

• Initiated by the wish to strengthen the system approach

• EARPA Experts have selected relevant aspects of Horizon 2020; 37 cross-cutting topics were suggested

• These are consolidated to 11 topics

• All TFs involved in at least one cross-cutting topics

• Cross-cutting issue position papers were written by EARPA experts, indicating key research needs

KEY RESEARCH

NEEDS

EARPA introduces the “cross-cutting issue position papers”

• Hybrid and Electric Powertrain Concepts

• Energy Storage Systems

• New noise, vibration and harshness tools and noise abatement technologies

• Advanced Internal Combustion Engine and aftertreatment modelling

• Urban Mobility Management

• New mobility concepts

• Automated & Cooperative driving

• Application driven material development and associated manufacturing processes

• Vulnerable Road User Safety

• Attractive, Safe Road Transport System for an Ageing Society

• Low impact logistics systems – uptake of innovations

Hybrid and electric powertrain concepts

• New research and development tools for powertrain development

• Advanced energy and torque management

• Novel systems and components for electrified powertrains

Impact

• Meet customer demands and expectations in terms of costs, safety, performance,…

• Reduce time to market, technical risk and cost of new generation electric/hybrid powertrains

• Support market deployment of diversified HEV/EV models

Energy storage systems

• Development of low-cost, safe and sustainable electrochemistry, electrolytes and structural materials

• New and innovative cell and system design plus manufacturing processes

• Development of new testing procedures and concepts

• Battery pack modularization and standardization

Impact

• Improving performance characteristics, safety, and cost.

• Improving vehicle range and/or weight, battery life and reliability without compromising on safety.

• Boosting customer acceptance by providing more attractive and cost effective products.

• Enhancing the competitive position of European industry

• Reducing the dependency on rare earths and other expensive or strategic materials.

Materials and Manufacturing

• Development of sustainable materials for road transport solutions

• Greening of components and systems by function integrated materials

• Modularity to gain economies of scale

• Low cost adaptive, flexible and efficient manufacturing and production processes

• Virtual production

Impact

• Lightweighting leads to the highest global annual fuel and energy savings

• Sustainable materials and function integrated materials are fundamental for achieving green transport

• Provision of low cost lightweight solutions

• Competitive products and processes secure industrial leadership and ensure global competiveness.

New NVH analysis tools and noise abatement technologies

• New numerical and experimental tools for IC and alternative driven vehicles and their components

• Psycho-acoustic customer and road user perception evaluation tools

• Multi-attribute design, analysis and optimization methods

Impact

• Reducing traffic noise pollution, increasing health

• Safeguarding European vehicle industry’s competitive advantage in human-centered systems

• Further reducing development time and costs

• Increasing customer acceptation of EVs

Vulnerable Road User Safety

• Naturalistic studies: understanding of behavior

• Development of advanced in-car systems (also for bus/truck) to avoid/mitigate conflicts

• Development of Advanced Rider Assistance Systems for PTWs

• Investigation of accident and injury causation factors

Impact

• Contribute to the EC’s objective of halving the number of road fatalities in the EU by 2020

• Pave the way towards Vision Zero

• Increase the attractiveness of active transport modes

• Make powered two-wheelers a sustainable solution for urban mobility issues

• Increase the competitiveness of the European motorcycle industry

Low impact logistics systems

• Improved data quality, availability and connectivity

• Uptake of innovative (low impact) vehicles

• Innovative business models

Impact

more efficient logistics activities and cleaner vehicles resulting in reducing the negative effects such as:

• CO2 emissions,

• pollutants,

• traffic safety (especially in urban areas),

• Congestion

• and other nuisance

New Mobility Concepts

• Analysis of future mobility requirements of the society and user demand

• Standardisation

• Vehicle sharing, new mobility services, the use of ICT tools, mobile and/or web based information services

• Regulatory tools such as parking, pricing, restriction systems

Impact

• Definition of the future technologies, vehicle concepts and user needs and requirements for new urban mobility concepts.

• Wider acceptance of the new urban vehicle concepts by the users.

• Significant reduction of pollutant and CO2 emissions in urban areas.

• Contribution to the European industrial leadership in the new vehicles for urban use.

EARPA’s neutral but involved position amongst many stakeholders

Conclusions

• Cross cutting issue position papers strengthen our system approach, increased cooperation between Task Forces

• Cross cutting issues help in paving the way for a successful implementation of Horizon 2020….and its results!

Together we are shaping future mobility

Thank you very much for your attention!