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Lightweight and Integrated Plastic Solutions for Power Battery Racks in Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicle Batteries: Moving from Research towards Innovation

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The Operating Energy Racks for Full Electric Vehicles project (OPERA4FEV) is a European project under the 7th Framework Program of the European Commission. The project started in September 2011 for a total period of 54 months and aims to propose a cheap, light and versatile alternative solution to the present metal-based technology for power battery racks in electric vehicles. It also aims for a high level of function integration while taking crash and safety regulations into account in the mean time. It involves a consortium of 10 partners from 6 European countries and has a total budget of €7 millions.

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  1. MOBI - Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Centre, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Thierry Coosemans, Javier Sanfélix, Maarten Messagie & Joeri Van Mierlo

  2. Mecaplast, Group Centre Technique de Lens, PA La Croisette, Rue des Poissonniers, 62300, Lens, France

    Anthony Alves & Gilles Waymel

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  2. Future Technologies and Europe, VDI / VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH, Berlin, Germany

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Coosemans, T., Sanfélix, J., Messagie, M., Van Mierlo, J., Alves, A., Waymel, G. (2015). Lightweight and Integrated Plastic Solutions for Power Battery Racks in Electric Vehicles. In: Briec, E., Müller, B. (eds) Electric Vehicle Batteries: Moving from Research towards Innovation. Lecture Notes in Mobility. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12706-4_5

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