ECOSHELL Workshop - Superlight City Car

Description:

This free event will showcase the CitiZen Car developed by the ECOSHELL FP7 Project and similar Electric Vehicle (EV) concepts. The event will present the biocomposite Body-In-White of this superlight city car. The workshop is an attempt to bring together the 'best in the business' and streamline ideas leading to commercialisation and to follow-up project proposals (Horizon 2020). The workshop will also include a consortium aiming to build activity for future calls in the area of green composites.

The ECOSHELL project originates from the green cars initiative of the European Union and is the result of funding provided through the European FP7 programme. The project was created with a view to developing optimal structural solutions for superlight electric vehicles (category L6 and L7e), to decrease their environmental footprint and to use an innovative bio-composite material for the vehicle body. The project considers the two major drawbacks of production cost and safety while improving the associated environmental advantages with the application of innovative biodegradable materials for the vehicle body.

This workshop is an attempt to bring together the 'best in the business' and streamline ideas leading to commercialisation and follow-up project proposals (Horizon 2020). This workshop will also include a consortium aiming to build activity for future calls in the area of green composites.

The workshop will cover:
 - The CitiZen concept car
 - Structural applications of green composites to superlight car and Advanced Electric Vehicle concepts
 - Advanced materials and manufacturing technology of whole car and components
 - New customised Cost Model tools for green composites
 - Front and side crash performance
 - Networking and consortium building for Horizon 2020

For further information, please contact Dr Rishi Abhyankar or Dr James Njuguna of the Centre for Automotive Technology.