THE IESTA SERVICE PORTFOLIO COMPRISES
- Provision of a Research Platform for integrative handling of Research matters in Consortia
- Application for and Management of funding and grants on regional, national and European levels
- Management and Controlling of R&D Projects
- Systematic innovation methodology in research projects
STUDIES AND ADVICE IN THE FIELDS OF
MOBILITY
- Intelligent Mobility
- Alternative propulsion and drive train technologies
- Connectivity of users, devices, vehicles and infrastructure
ENERGY
- Smart Metering / Smart Grids
- Energy- and Thermal management
- Efficient and sustainable building technology
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS IESTA HAS SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORTED BOTH INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA WITH
- 5 x EU projects: Overall budget over 160 Mio Euro
- 11 x projects on national level: Overall budget over 30 Mio Euro
ONE OF THE MOST RECENT PROJECTS, WHICH IESTA IS COORDINATOR OF; IS THE AUSTRIAN E.-MOBILITY FLAGSHIP PROJECT
eMPROVE – Innovative solutions for the industrialization of electrified vehicles
eMPROVE aims at innovative solutions for the industrialization of electrified vehicles, increasing both energy and cost efficiency, with particular focus on possibilities for future industrial mass production. This will be accomplished by improving dedicated vehicle components (e.g. transmission, energy storage systems), by using novel methods, processes and materials for new components (e.g. for battery housing, gear box and thermoelectric heating), and by integrating requirements and recommendations regarding recycling and second life of battery systems into the development and product cycle.
Eventually, two tangible integrated demonstrators, a PHEV full vehicle and a modularized battery pack system, will show the functionality of technological solutions of eMPROVE. By this, eMPROVE significantly contributes to the reduction of the main barriers of electro mobility, i.e. range anxiety and high vehicle prices.