Final Review Meeting

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

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.

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2Zero State Representative Group visits Politecnico di Torino

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

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

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

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

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-TECHHEFTMAXIMAVOLTCAR 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

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

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

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 hashtagDDM400V640A1 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!