Electric urban light vehicles structural integrity and occupant protection validation through experimental crash tests

Multi-Moby project, funded under H2020 n° 101006953, aims at developing technology for safe, efficient and affordable urban electric vehicles. The objective of the paper is to show the results achieved in relation to structural integrity and occupant protection in the first year of the project. In a...

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Published in:Transportation research procedia (Online) 2023, Vol.72, p.2848-2855
Main Authors: Eichinger, Barbara, Dullnig, Sabine, Perlo, Pietro, Biasiotto, Marco, Romo, Javier, El-Baraka, Khadija, Canitrot, Didier, Faedo, Walter, Baron, Filippo, Skigin, Leonid, Karasikov, Nir, Tavernini, Davide, Sorniotti, Aldo, Catona, Giuseppe, Tanzi, Carlo, Verhulst, Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
affordability
energy efficiency
homologation
occupant protection
structural safety
Urban light electric vehicles
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Summary:Multi-Moby project, funded under H2020 n° 101006953, aims at developing technology for safe, efficient and affordable urban electric vehicles. The objective of the paper is to show the results achieved in relation to structural integrity and occupant protection in the first year of the project. In a first stage simulation tools have been used to optimise the vehicle structure crashworthiness at different crash configuration based on smart use of High Strength Steels focused to simplified and affordable manufacturing processes. Once the structural behaviour met requirements and expectations, the restraint system has been developed. After design optimisation, three vehicles have been prototyped to perform three crash tests, two of them frontal, corresponding to Regulation 137 and Regulation 94, and one lateral, corresponding to Regulation 95.
ISSN:2352-1465
2352-1465
DOI:10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.829