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Cetemmsa e Applus+ Idiada unen esfuerzos para impulsar el vehículo eléctricoCetemmsa and Applus + Idiada join forces to drive the electric vehicle
on April 20, 2011
The technological centre
Cetemmsa and Applus + Idiada, one of the divisions of the multinational Applus +, global company of inspection, testing and quality control, have signed a collaboration agreement with the aim of contributing to the automotive industry innovations for the performance of electric cars and make them more sustainable. The agreement provides for developing agendas strategic to boost the 'Green Car' in Catalonia and its industrialization. It also includes proposals for r & d at the national and international levels. In this latter sense, the two entities already participating in the project E3V seeking energy improvement in electric vehicles.
Makers of Cetemmsa and Applus + Idiada, after signing the agreement.
The main technological challenge of the project E3V is optimize the integration of all components, maximising the efficiency of the vehicle and thereby increase their autonomy, to improve its acceptance by the end user. The development of elements of energy capture on flexible substrates to improve the energy efficiency of electric vehicles is the objective of Cetemmsa in the framework of the E3V project that has a duration of 2 years.