Safe post-crash management of road Light Duty Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) (2ZERO Partnership)
Pays one project up to EUR 5 million to develop tools and procedures that let first responders safely handle crashed electric cars and their batteries.
Proposals must actively coordinate with a named companion Horizon Europe topic on accelerated multi-physical and virtual testing for battery ageing and safety, run under the Batt4EU Partnership, and are expected to draw on workshops on EV fire safety already running under the IEA's Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology Collaboration Programme and the Sustainable Transport Forum's Task Force 6 on …
The Commission wants tools and standardised procedures for the post-crash phase of electric-vehicle incidents — assessing battery and high-voltage system safety, extricating victims, fighting battery fires, and safely handling, transporting and storing crashed vehicles. Proposals should demonstrate battery health-assessment tools on a real production vehicle and produce comparative statistics on the rate and severity of electric-vehicle fires for public communication.
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