Seeking innovative material and manufacturing technologies to enable cost-efficient lightweighting in high-volume automotive applications

The technologies you present to us will undergo a predefined application procedure.

For material entries please include:

• A detailed description of key characteristics and material benefits
• A list of relevant mechanical properties
• Potential automotive application fields
• Proof of material testing on coupon level

For manufacturing entries please include:

• A detailed description of key characteristics and process benefits
• A list of relevant mechanical properties
• A list of process related materials and material specifications
• Potential automotive application field

Evaluation criteria will include:

• Excellence of Summary of technology quality

Ability to sum up the project’s contribution to the objectives of the call in some 100 words in terms that would arouse interest in a potential investor or implementer of the idea.

• Contribution and Complementarity with ALLIANCE goals (impact):

Contribute to (i) reduce the weight of vehicles by 25%, (ii) decrease energy consumption by 10%, (iii) Global Warming Potential by 6%.

• Applicability and implementation:

Assessed as the potential of (i) the extent to which the proposed idea can be applied in a vehicle, (ii) and the potential of the proposed idea to be sustained.

• Technology Readiness
• Assessed as the level of validation of the technology (i) if the technology has been demonstrated in relevant environment and therefore already been validates in lab (TRL6), and (ii) if the technology is in series production.