The Technological Institute of Plastics is developing this solution that avoids waiting times for charging and is part of the SMART5G project
The Technological Institute of Plastic AIM, PLAS, belonging to the Network of Technological Institutes of the Valencian Community (REDIT), is developing a safe, intelligent, efficient and sustainable system for exchanging batteries for electric vehicles that puts an end to fears of autonomy’. This innovative solution that avoids waiting times for charging is part of the SMART5G project.
In particular, it is a system that enables the rapid exchange of batteries by charging with solar energy and predicts energy consumption thanks to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, as well as the creation of an innovative intelligent management platform that reduces the risks of electromagnetic interference and improve safety.
Sustainable mobility, in the words of the AIMPLAS researcher Sustainable Mobility, Begoña Galindo, is already “a strategic priority at the local, national, European and global levels, so it is essential to promote new technological solutions that deliver safe, connected mobility and intelligent mobility.” , applied to both individual vehicles and vans, and that reduces CO2 emissions. To ensure high safety and protection against possible electromagnetic interference, SMART5G generates lightweight composite materials protected by electromagnetic shielding (EMI) that optimize these new models.”
The initiative also proposes an innovative sustainable structural battery housing for light vehicles based on a reusable and recyclable long fiber thermoplastic compound with dual functionalities: flame retardant additives and electromagnetic shielding (EMI) particles. This new solution increases the vehicle’s autonomy by reducing its weight compared to the usual metal housings, which reduces costs and energy consumption, as well as the environmental footprint.
“Thermoplastic matrix composites can play a key role in the 21st century industry as they offer great advantages in terms of low weight, high stiffness and specific strength comparable to metallic materials. That is why the new generation of electric cars focuses on the use of these plastic materials, which allow a free design and a weight reduction of around 40%,” explains Begoña Galindo.
Source: La Verdad
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