EVolution

EVolution is a <a href="/facts/Research_project/mo8joeTL">research project</a> funded by the <a href="/facts/European_Commission/Cc5JgbEI">European Commission</a> under the 7th Framework Programme of the Green Cars initiative. It started on 1 October 2012 with a specified duration of 4 years. The objective of the project was to develop new materials that will significantly reduce the weight of the new generation of <a href="/facts/Hybrid_vehicle/yzQ3QQLA">hybrid</a> and <a href="/facts/Electric_vehicle/jhCbx5ur">electric vehicles</a>.
Advanced materials were used to enable the development of novel super-lightweight hybrid components complying with <a href="/facts/Safety_standards/3uuKRSd8">safety standards</a> and <a href="/facts/Recycling/x9X7GAzz">recycling</a> constraints, and enable the design to incorporate a weight reduction of 40% over that achieved using the current state-of-the-art technologies. The goal of EVolution was to demonstrate the sustainable production of a 600 kg (1,300 lb) weight FEV by the end of 2015. The base for the industrial demonstrator is the <a href="/facts/Pininfarina_Nido/PuFtSUEg">NIDO</a> from <a href="/facts/Pininfarina/ereJJoeJ">Pininfarina</a>.
To this end, EVolution addressed the whole vehicle by <a href="/facts/Prototype/q0yPLYdb">prototyping</a>, assembling, and disassembling the most representative components. These are made from raw <a href="/facts/Polymer/eF32E50K">polymers</a> and <a href="/facts/Aluminium_alloy/1EzR3Y4t">aluminum alloys</a> commonly used in the <a href="/facts/Automotive_industry/fGFKUIlA">automotive industry</a> so as to ensure compliance with the <a href="/facts/End_of_Life_Vehicles_Directive/3uEsVmv9">End-of-Life Vehicle directive</a> which imposes stringent requirements on the disposal and recycling of <a href="/facts/Motor_vehicle/AaXamA0w">motor vehicles</a>. The project was coordinated by Professor, PhD <a href="/facts/Jesper_deClaville_Christiansen/KJLUjUvo">Jesper deClaville Christiansen</a>, and the technical coordination by Pininfarina.

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