Novel lightweight materials to reduce weight of chassis components of Electric Vehicles by 40% The Fatigue4Light EU-funded project has proposed novel material solutions based on high-strength steels, composites and hybrid materials with the objective to reduce the weight of electric car chassis components by 40%, obtaining a zero-emission vehicle chassis while ensuring good fatigue performance.…
Requirements and lightweight designs for EVs: Selecting and defining a lab-scale and industrial demonstrator Within the Fatigue4Light project, different virtual and physical demonstrators were selected to be analysed.: Low Control Arm and Shock Tower for CRF research centre. Wheels for MW. Chassis cross beam for Gestamp. Lab demonstrator for Eurecat. Lower Control Arm The…
How can standardisation help to promote and facilitate the commercialisation of Fatigue4Light solutions? What is standardisation? Standardisation is a fundamental competitive intelligence tool for the access of companies’ products and services to European and International markets, as well as to anticipate the evolution of the conditions of access to them. “Standards bridge the gap…
MW carries out a successful prototyping of new steel grades for weight reduction as part of Fatigue4Light Last September, project partners from MW developed a successful prototyping of new steel grades for reducing the weight of the wheel disc in the frame of the Fatigue4Light project. The trials were held in the facilities of MW…
Fatigue4Light takes part of the EnLight EVs European cluster The Fatigue4Light project, in collaboration with other four European projects, has created the Enlight EVs Cluster. This cluster brings together EU-funded R&D projects which are developing innovative solutions, tested in industrial pilots, that can be rapidly applied in the automotive market to reduce EVs weight, while…
RISE introduces the Fatigue4Light project during the presentation of the Sweden’s first test bed for sustainable composite manufacturing The Fatigue4Light project was represented during the presentation of the Sweden’s first test bed for sustainable composite manufacturing organised by RISE – The Research Institutes of Sweden, in September 2021. Magdalena Juntikka, PhD and Senior Researcher from…
Fatigue4Light project to develop new tests and computer simulation methodologies for electric vehicle chassis weight reduction The project’s objective is to optimise the selection of new materials and reduce the implementation time for these solutions The project innovation is expected to reduce vehicle chassis’ weight compared to existing solutions The Fatigue4Light Consortium, led by CIMNE,…
