2Zero State Representative Group visits Politecnico di Torino

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Politecnico di Torino was pleased to welcome the 2Zero State Representative Group for a visit dedicated to ongoing Horizon Europe activities supporting the transition to zero-emission mobility. The meeting offered an opportunity to showcase Politecnico di Torino’s active role as a partner in three Horizon Europe projects EM-TECH, HighScape, and SmartCorners, and their contribution to the objectives of the 2Zero Partnership.
The visit fostered an open exchange on project progress, innovative technological and urban solutions, and the strong synergies emerging across the three initiatives. It also highlighted the importance of connecting European policy ambitions with concrete research and innovation actions, strengthening collaboration between institutional stakeholders and project partners working towards a more sustainable, zero-emission transport future.

EM-TECH Final Webinar: Session 4 recording

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It’s a wrap! Here ist the recording of the last session of our Final Webinar Series, including::

PO8: Digital twinning of electric drives- presented by Liaoyuan Ran (University of Surrey)

PO10: Distributed XIL and innovative testing methodologies – presented by Valentin Ivanov (Technical University of Ilmenau, Smart Vehicle Systems – Working Group)

Moderation by project coordinator Martin Weinzerl (AVL) and Eric Armengaud (Armengaud Innovate).

Warm thanks to all who contributed, attended, and engaged in the lively discussions during our Final Webinar Series.

EM-TECH Final Webinar: Session 3 recording

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The full recording of Session 3 of our Final Webinar Series is now available! Take a dive into:

PO6: Use of recycled permanent magnets in traction machines – presented by Alejandro Robles Martin (UrbanGold METTOP)

PO9: Engineering services for electric drive LCA and LCC – presented by Antonella Accardo (POLITO) and Alejandro Robles Martin (UrbanGold METTOP)

Moderation by project coordinator Martin Weinzerl (AVL).

Don’t miss our last Session in this series on December 12th! Secure your spot now: Registration

EM-TECH Final Webinar: Session 1 recording

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Did you miss the Session 1 of our Final Webinar Series? We got you covered. Here’s the recording from our first Session, featuring:

PO1: High torque density radial flux inwheel motor and drive series for electric vehicles with high voltage systems – presented by Matic Herzogand Danylo Trinchuk (Elaphe)

PO3: Electric gearing for in-wheel motors – presented by Chris Vagg(IAAPS / University of Bath)

PO2: High power density axial flux onboard motor and drive series for electric vehicles with high voltage systems – presented by Iakovos Kyriakos (TRAXIAL), Gregor Fischer (AVL) and Claudio Romano(Ideas&Motion)

Moderation by project coordinator Martin Weinzerl (AVL)

Stay tuned for Session 2, taking place on November 28. Register to save your spot: https://emtechproject.eu/webinar/

New open access publication available: European Initiatives Addressing High Efficiency and Low-Cost Electric Motors for Circularity and Low use of Rare Resources

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SAE WCX 2025

The automotive industry is amidst an unprecedented multi-faceted transition striving for more sustainable passenger mobility and freight transportation. The rise of e-mobility is coming along with energy efficiency improvements, greenhouse gas and non-exhaust emission reductions, driving/propulsion technology innovations, and a hardware-software-ratio shift in vehicle development for road-based electric vehicles. Current R&D activities are focusing on electric motor topologies and designs, sustainability, manufacturing, prototyping, and testing. This is leading to a new generation of electric motors, which is considering recyclability, reduction of (rare earth) resource usage, cost criticality, and a full product life-cycle assessment, to gain broader market penetration. This paper outlines the latest advances of multiple EU-funded research projects under the Horizon Europe framework and showcases their complementarities to address the European priorities as identified in the 2Zero SRIA.

Target of this paper is to introduce a family of European projects (EM-TECH, HEFT, MAXIMA, VOLTCAR and CliMAFlux), all following the target of high efficiency and low-cost electric motors for circularity and low use of rare resources. Especially, this paper will describe the latest advances of the respective projects as well as their complementarity to address the 2Zero strategy.

Read the full paper HERE.

#WEDRIVE2ZERO: Interview with DAMIAN BACKES

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Co-leader of Pillar 1 “Vehicle technologies and vehicle propulsion solutions for BEV and FCEV” (Research)

DAMIAN BACKES, Co-Leader of Pillar 1. Source: 2Zero

DAMIAN BACKES, Co-leader of Pillar 1 of 2Zero, where our project belongs to, has been interviewed by 2Zero on the importance of the technology area “Energy efficiency”. Projects such as EM-TECH and many other “focus on developing efficient next-generation electric powertrain technologies. In addition to making components more efficient, these projects also tackle the reduction of raw materials use, targeted re-use and recycling, to lay the groundwork for a circular economy”. Head over to 2Zero to read the full interview where he further elaborates on how does the technological area reflects the strategic vision and priorities of 2Zero and gives an outlook on future activities.

Pillar 1 projects. Source: 2Zero

EM-TECH at EVS 38

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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.

Project News: from concept to reality

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Our project partner Ideas & Motion has communicated a great step ahead, have a read as follows:

Reaching a key milestone in the EM-TECH project! 💪At Ideas & Motion, we are ready to share a major achievement in the development of next-generation e-mobility solutions. As part of the EM-TECH project, we have successfully completed a crucial phase: testing control algorithms and fine-tuning parameters using the baseline samples of the TRAXIAL axial flux motor and the Ideas & Motion DDM400V640A1 inverter.We will now hand over our results to the University of Surrey, where the next phase of testing on the complete driveline will take place. Each step brings us closer to a future of more efficient, reliable and sustainable electric propulsion systems. A big thank you to our team and project partners for their collaboration and commitment!

We can only agree and thank all project participants involved!

EM-TECH @RTR 2025: recording

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In case you missed this year RTR2025 – the conference organizers got you covered. Please find here the recording of the session 8 “Innovative components for more efficient EVs”, where Martin Weinzerl, AVL has presented EM-TECH. This session also gives you an overview on the sister projects

MAXIMA – Modular AXIal flux Motor for Automotive
HEFT – Novel concept of a low cost, high power density and highly efficient recyclable motor for next generation mass produced electric vehicles
VOLTCAR – Design, manufacturing, and validation of ecocycle electric traction motor
CliMAFlux – Circular design and manufacturing techniques for next generation highly-efficient integrated axial flux motor drives for electric vehicles

Thanks a lot to all organizers, the moderators Joao Carrilho Miranda (CINEA) and Damian Backes (ika RWTH-Aachen) for the great exchange.

#RTR2025: “Innovative components for more efficient EVs”

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It was a pleasure to participate to the session “Innovative components for more efficient EVs” and present our advancements in the great round of the projects MAXIMA, CliMAFlux – Horizon Europe Project, Voltcar Project and hashtag#HEFT. Thanks a lot to Joao Duarte Miranda and Damian Backes for moderating the session and to all presenters for the excellent discussion.

Special thanks from EM-TECH point of view of course to our coordinator Martin Weinzerl from AVL for representing the EM-TECH consortium at this great conference and to all organizers for the excellent organization.

It was a pleasure!

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101096083.

Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.