ECV – Electric Commercial Vehicles 2012–2015

The final seminar on
ECV – Electric
Commercial Vehicles
2012–2015
under Tekes EVE programme
April-May, 2016
VTT, Espoo, Finland
IMPORTANT DATES
Provisional paper (2-6 pages) submission:
Acceptance notification:
Final paper (2-6 pages) submission:
November 30, 2015
December 15, 2015
January 31, 2016
PREPARATION OF PAPERS
All submitted papers will be reviewed by the technical and industrial
committees of the seminar. The papers that are found to be consistent with
the required formats and content will be published in VTT Technology as the
final report of Electric Commercial Vehicles.
Guideline to research authors: aim to highlight the applicability and use of
scientific results, leading to new products and businesses. Info: www.ecv.fi
Paper submissions to: mikko.pihlatie@vtt.fi & jenni.pippuri@vtt.fi
The national seminar will highlight the main results from
the R&D activity on electric commercial vehicles, their
technology and systems. The work has been performed
jointly by research and industry during 2012–2015 by
research centres, universities, industry and public bodies.
The focus of the seminar is the applicability of scientific
results in emerging technologies and businesses. The
programme will be composed of keynote and invited
speeches, technical and poster sessions in the topics
listed beside.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
General Chair
Dr. Mikko Pihlatie, VTT
Teemu Ronkainen, ABB
Ville Kaivo, Cargotec
Sinikka Ahtiainen, City of Espoo
Antti Siren, FIMA
Jussi Matilainen, Fingrid
Arto Nikkanen, Finnish Energy
Heikki Karsimus, Finnish Tech. Industries
Juha Matikainen, Fortum
Reijo Mäkinen, HSL
Jussi Suomela, Hybria
Toni Uusiniitty, Konecranes
Antti Väyrynen, Leclanché
Kimmo Erkkilä, Linkker
Jani Mähönen, Rocla
Mikko Valtee, Sandvik M&C
Sami Ojamo, Transdev Finland
Markus Hirvonen, Valmet Automotive
Kimmo Rauma, Visedo
Technical Programme Committee
Dr. Jenni Pippuri, VTT
Prof. Kari Tammi, Aalto University
Lic.Tech. Panu Sainio, Aalto University
Dr. Antti Lajunen, Aalto University
Prof. Juha Pyrhönen, LUT
Ass. Prof. Lasse Laurila, LUT
Prof. Pertti Järventausta, TUT
Prof. Kimmo Kauhaniemi, UVA
Final report Editors
Dr. Mikko Pihlatie, VTT
Dr. Jenni Pippuri, VTT
ECV WP leaders, VTT
TOPICS
 Battery technologies and applications
Batteries, supercapacitors, modelling, design, safety
 Electric buses and powertrains
Modelling, simulation, powertrain, components
 Electric vehicle systems and charging
System requirements and design, charging technology
 Electric vehicles vs. power grid
Grid aspects, vehicle-to-grid, grid-to-vehicle
 Electric and hybrid working machinery
Electric working machinery, utility vehicles
 Viability and techno-economics of electric
commercial vehicle systems
Total cost of ownership, cost-benefit and operation analysis
 Take-up of electric commercial vehicles –
operator, city and public transport authority view
Procurement, standardisation, city planning
 ICT and IoT in electric vehicle systems
Control, fleet management, diagnostics, information systems
 Company white papers / position papers
How do we turn this into new business?
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