Speed for SMEs Poster

TECHNOLOGICAL STRATEGIES
Speed for SMEs
Systematic development of Propulsion systems for Enhanced Electro mobility Drive trains
www.rally-e.at
>> a tool for SMEs to developing and testing
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Project Data
Funding/€
Total cost/€
Duration
918.204
1.637.370
36 months
Partners
ego-drive GmbH, AT | TIC Steyr GmbH, AT
LKR Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen GmbH, AT
Smart e-Mobility GmbH, AT | Lagermax Autotransport GmbH, AT
Stohl Racing GmbH, AT | Clusterland Oberösterreich GmbH, AT
Goodville Consulting GmbH, AT | EDER GmbH Technical Concepts, DE
Main Results
Project conclusion
• Definition of „rally-e“ as brand for commercial
implementation and use of the founding project.
• Development of a powertrain unit IDT – Integrated Drive
Train, including all e-powertrain components (Motor,
Controller and gearbox) as well as an integrated cooling
system for all components on one vehicle axle with full
torque vectoring ability.
• Development of the so called BCT-Battery Charging
Trailer, a low-budget trailer based battery change system
for a quick change of the traction battery within minutes.
• Development of a Li ion-battery system (r2-ress), with low
weight/energy ratio and the ability of flexible adoption for
various vehicle geometries.
Speed for SMEs is a project carried out by SMEs for SMEs. The target of providing a development
and test platform for e-components and e-systems for e-mobility was reached. The plan to establish the basis for a sustainable business model during the term of the founding project was fulfilled.
Speed for SMEs introduced a series of trend-setting developments for the future design of e-components, including an open interface architecture for e-components. This architecture can manage all
e-components on the vehicle thanks to a newly developed vehicle control unit (VCU).
The components developed within the framework of the project (i.e. rally-e Mk1, battery changing
system, the exchange battery r2-ress, recoverable energy storage systems, BCT) are unique and
without competition on the market and allow a quick and easy battery change on the vehicle.
The components have been prepared as prototypes and the necessary brands for marketing have
been established. “rally-e” is the brand for the complete system, - for the conversion of existing vehicles to e-powertrain as well as the battery changing infrastructure. The high performance batteries
show up under the brand name „r2-ress“. It stands for a battery system that can be used to develop and test new battery chemistry or cell types.
During the course of the project, the e-mobility hype softened significantly due to the high cost of
purchasing e-vehicles and e-components. As a counterweight to this development, Speed for SMEs
was the start, and rally-e the realisation of the motorsport marketing philosophy „win on Sunday, sell
on Monday“.
Electromobility+ is co-funded by the European Commission as part of the ERA-NET Plus scheme
of the 7th EU Framework Programme under Grant Agreement No. 287143.