KOSEL – Kreislaufgerechter Open-Source-Baukasten für elektrisch angetriebene Poolfahrzeuge (Circular, open-source construction kit for e-powered pool vehicles)
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Topic:
Vehicles generate up to 20% of their CO2 emissions during their production process. The total energy requirement amounts 9,400 MW, with 3.4 million new vehicles registered each year. This is explained by a linear economy (procurement of raw materials - production - usage - scrapping) of industrial production. These 9,400 MW of demanded energy results from a short vehicle durability of 15 years and / or a mileage of 300,000 km before being exported or scrapped. Electromobility offers the possibility of a significant extension of the durability of the vehicle as well as the mileage of vehicles, hence leading to a reduction in energy consumption. The basic prerequisite for this is the longest possible preservation of value of the raw materials, components and products used, by maximizing the amount of recyclable parts. Modular vehicle components seem to be predestined for this purpose and allows the target group to individualise the design of the vehicle as well as its purpose. Achieving these goals requires the consideration of three perspectives:
- Economical: It is necessary to question the economic viability and thus existing business models of conventional vehicle pool operators and, if necessary, redesign them.
- Technical: The primary objective is to design a modular, loopable electric vehicle chassis, with a doubled lifetime and / or tripled mileage against conventional pool vehicles.
- Ecological: It is necessary to proof a significant increase in resource efficiency through remanufacturing and reuse.
The Chair of Business Management, esp. Sustainability Management and Environmental Accounting at the TU Dresden, works together with other research institutions and partners throughout Germany on the implementation of this project and is particularly involved in the areas of economy and ecology.
Leadership:
Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Günther
Researcher:
Enrico Seidel
Duration:
07/2019 until 06/2022
Project partners:
- BSMRG GmbH
- EDAG Engineering GmbH
- INVENT GmbH
- Fraunhofer IWU
- Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
- Röchling Engineering Plastics SE & Co. KG
- University of applied sciences Emden/Leer, faculty for engineering / department machine engineering
Funding by:
BMBF, as part of the measure: „Ressourceneffiziente Kreislaufwirtschaft – Innovative Produktkreisläufe (ReziProK)“ (resource efficient circular economy – innovative product cycles (ReziProK))