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Final Review Meeting

2. March 2026/in Meetings, News/by emtechproject

On 19 February, we had the pleasure of gathering at the Steiermark Office in Brussels for the final review meeting of the EM-TECH project.

It was a truly great meeting — an opportunity to reflect on three years of intensive collaboration, innovation, and shared ambition. Together with our project partners, reviewers, and stakeholders, we looked back on the research and development achievements accomplished throughout the project and discussed the pathway toward long-term impact.

Over the past three years, this collaboration has demonstrated the strength of European partnerships in advancing cutting-edge research and translating knowledge into meaningful results. The constructive discussions during the review meeting once again highlighted the dedication and expertise of everyone involved.

We would like to sincerely thank our project officer, all partners, and the team at the Steiermark Office for hosting us and for the excellent cooperation throughout the project duration.

We are proud of what we have achieved together and look forward to seeing the continued impact of the research, innovation, and development generated within the project in the years to come.

Stay tuned for more updates as we are sharing our final results.

EM‑TECH at RTR2026: Final Project Results and Key Impact Highlights

23. February 2026/in Meetings, News/by emtechproject

During the RTR2026, the EM‑TECH project took the stage to present its final achievements in the session “Electric motor technologies for next-generation EVs.” As EM‑TECH has concluded its activities, the conference offered an ideal platform to communicate the technological breakthroughs and the broader impact achieved through three years of European collaboration.

A central focus of the presentation was the significant reduction in rare-earth materials, a core target of the project and a major step toward more sustainable, cost‑efficient and geopolitically resilient electric motor production. Additionally, both EM‑TECH motor concepts – the in‑wheel motor and the axial‑flux motor – reached performance targets that drew considerable attention from industry and research stakeholders alike.

Conference participants showed strong interest in EM‑TECH’s approach and many of these exchanges continued at the E‑VOLVE Cluster stand, where the project’s outcomes were further discussed in depth.

All final results are available through the FINAL WEBINAR SERIES and the OnePager summaries, providing a comprehensive overview of the project’s technical achievements and expected market relevance.

Thanks a lot to our coordinator Martin Weinzerl from AVL for presenting, to our project officer, the colleagues from HEFT and VOLTCAR with whom we were presented together and all organizers, especially 2ZERO for all efforts creating a great conference!

Watch the full session here.

Session “Electric motor technologies for next-generation EVs.”

EM-TECH Final Webinar: Session 2 recording

3. December 2025/in Meetings/by emtechproject

In case you missed Session 2 of our Final Webinar Series, here’s the full recording, including:

Virtual sensing technologies for enhancing motor operation –
presented by Saulius Pakstys (Politecnico di Torino)

Novel electric inverter/motor control functions based on virtual sensing technologies –
presented by Saulius Pakstys (Politecnico di Torino)

Novel electric drive control functions benefitting from the increased electric machine dynamics –
presented by Liaoyuan Ran (University of Surrey)

Moderation by Eric Armengaud (Armengaud Innovate GmbH)

Don’t miss Session 3 on December 5th! Secure your spot now: Registration!

36 MONTHS OF RESEARCH – 10 PROJECT OUTCOMES – TAKE PART IN THE FINAL EVENT WEBINAR SERIES OF EM-TECH!

26. November 2025/in Meetings/by emtechproject

All Information and registration: https://emtechproject.eu/webinar/

We’re looking forward sharing our results with you!

Milestone reached: TRAXIAL next-generation axial flux motor prototype

17. October 2025/in Meetings/by emtechproject

The EM-TECH project has reached an important milestone with Traxial’s successful development of a next-generation axial flux motor prototype.

TRAXIAL addressed a core engineering challenge:

👉 Achieving higher power density while significantly reducing rare earth material usage.

The result is a compact, modular motor designed for scalable production and integration into B & C segment vehicles, offering OEMs a powerful and sustainable drivetrain solution.

Key Highlights:

· ⚡ Peak power: 232 kW @ 800 V

· 🌀 Peak torque: 325 Nm

· 📏Total Axial length: 99 mm (including housing)

· 💪 Gravimetric power density: > 9.5 kW/kg & volumetric power density: > 30 kW/l (including housing)

· 🌿 Total magnet mass: < 1 kg & minimized heavy rare earth content (< 0.5% of total magnet mass)

This achievement proves that high power density and sustainability can go hand in hand, supporting Europe’s transition to greener mobility solutions.

EM-TECH General Assembly

11. July 2025/in Meetings/by emtechproject

On July 8 and 9, the EM-TECH consortium gathered in the beautiful city of Kortrijk in Belgium to attend the General Assembly, kindly hosted by our project partner TRAXIAL.

As EM-TECH hits the very final phase of the project with the final 6 months already started, all efforts are directed towards final completion of results, documentation of activities and focusing on exploitation and “life after the project”.

In-Wheel Motor Demo Day

2. July 2025/in Meetings/by emtechproject

Including Press Conference

Our project partner Elaphe Propulsion Technologies organized an In-Wheel Motor Demo Day, inviting international press to experience the advantages and impact of in-wheel motor technology. The invited journalists not only had the possibility to experience the technology first-hand but were also presented EM-TECH, alongside HighScape and SmartCorners in a press conference. After opening words from Gorazd Gotovac, elaphe and a general introduction from Eric Armengaud, Armengaud Innovate GmbH, EM-TECH was presented by the project coordinator Martin Weinzerl from AVL List GmbH. The press conference concluded with a vivid exchange and was followed by test drives for the participants of the SmartCorners and HighScape general assemblies, held in conjunction with the In-Wheel Motor Demo Day.

Thanks a lot to the enthusiastic team of elaphe for creating this special event that was an excellent opportunity to showcase up-to date technology and the EM-TECH project itself.

EM-TECH at EVS 38

10. June 2025/in Meetings, News, Scientific/by emtechproject

EM-TECH is represented at EVS 38

The poster, an output of collaboration between EM-TECH, SmartCorners and HighScape is presented by Florian Ratz. Thanks a lot to all colleagues for providing their input.

RTR SUMMARY REPORT

15. April 2025/in Meetings/by emtechproject

Did you miss #RTR2025 in February? Then this Summary Report is made for you! Have a read on

The main takeaways from parallel sessions,
The results from 90+ EU-funded projects,
Insights on future R&I trends shaping road transport in Europe.

You’ll find EM-TECH on page 29 as part of parallel session 8. We would like to thank everybody involved in contributing to and making of this summary report!

New and Emerging Transport Technologies and Trends in European Research and Innovation Projects 2024

18. March 2025/in Meetings/by emtechproject

An assessment based on the Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System (TRIMIS)

European Commission: Joint Research Centre, RATAJ, M., LODI, C., ZAWIESKA, J., STEPNIAK, M., CHEIMARIOTIS, I., GROSSO, M., PIAZZA, F. and MAROTTA, A., New and Emerging Transport Technologies and Trends in European Research and Innovation Projects 2024, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2025, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/0204090, JRC140839.

We are proud to be included in the newly published report “New and Emerging Transport Technologies and Trends in European Research and Innovation Projects 2024” mentioning our work on digital twins for optimization of EV-related technologies.