At the eMobility Expo World Congress, which brings together the European mobility industry from 13-15 February in Valencia, the Eurecat technology centre is to unveil its latest-generation technologies and solutions in batteries and electrification, hydrogen, robotics, new lightweight materials, plastronics and artificial intelligence to unlock sustainable mobility.

“Eurecat will bring outstanding innovations to businesses to optimise the competitiveness, sustainability and efficiency of the value chain of the mobility industry across various means of transport for both people and goods in the automotive, aeronautical and aerospace, rail and logistics fields,” says David Pardos, Head of Business Development in the Mobility team at the Eurecat technology centre.

Furthermore, “it will showcase the capabilities, specialised infrastructures, pilot plants and unique initiatives it offers enterprises to research new materials, products and processes, conduct proofs of concept and roll out innovation in new mobility-related technologies.”

As for batteries and electrification, the technology centre will display the latest innovations from the BATTECH platform, led by the Catalonia Energy Research Institute (IREC) and the Eurecat technology centre, which covers all R&D and innovation in the electrification value chain with projects anchored in sustainability and the circular economy and geared towards enhancing energy density, efficiency, durability and safety while cutting battery costs.

This is the case of the MARBEL project, which has developed a new generation of high energy density, modular, weight-optimised battery packs with shorter charging times, greater durability and designed for easier disassembly to allow a second life and simpler recycling of all their components.

Eurecat is also to present hydrogen solutions for mobility and decarbonisation of all means of transport by harnessing technologies over the industry’s entire value chain from production, storage and distribution to use as an energy vector.

The technology centre coordinates the Catalan network for innovation and scalability of knowledge in differential technologies in the field of renewable hydrogen (H2CAT Network) and takes part in flagship initiatives such as the Hydrogen Valley of Catalonia.

Eurecat will also present advanced materials for mobility to industry businesses and stakeholders at the eMobility Expo World Congresses which are lighter and feature innovative technologies such as plastronics, which combines printed electronics and plastic materials, plus more resistant and lighter 3D printing parts reinforced with continuous fibres using CFIP (Continuous Fibre Injection Process) technology developed by Eurecat.

Here it will display the smart plastic surface just 3 millimetres thick developed in the Púlsar project which has an interface that allows users to communicate with a machine, software or an intuitive system with built-in LED lighting and capacitive sensors and which can be embedded in the central electronic system of the new generation of cars.

The technology centre will additionally showcase mobility and aerial robotics demonstrators featuring autonomous or semi-autonomous drones which make it possible, for instance, to enhance and improve safety in port areas and on railways or transform the logistics supply of parts in industrial production plants.

They are accompanied by a self-assessment and self-protection toolbox developed under the European SELFY project to enhance the security and resilience of connected, cooperative and automated mobility (CCAM) systems against potential cyber-attacks and malicious actions.

eMobility international congress and H2 Hydrogen World Congress

Eurecat, a global partner of this international event, is also involved in presentations and discussion panels at both the eMobility congress and the H2 Hydrogen World Congress on hydrogen in mobility which is being held for the first time as part of the event.

The technology centre’s experts will be at sessions in the maritime transport forum on monitoring emissions and safety in port areas, in the automotive forum on new materials and in the batteries and energy forum. They will additionally moderate a number of hydrogen-related panel discussions.