Project Goals

Improve the marketability of FCEVs (passenger cars and light duty vehicles), including their ecological and economic sustainability, by reducing degradation and avoiding oversizing (“rightsizing” of components and subsystems), thereby increasing the energy efficiency as well as durability of FC powertrains, and reducing costs at system and vehicle level (during development, purchase, and use)

G1: Increase the energy efficiency of the vehicle FC powertrain by at least 10-15% (0,7 kg H2 consumption / 100 km) compared to current passenger car market leaders by reducing degradation in the FC stack, more efficient energy management and improved operating strategies
G2: Reduce the production costs of the FC system / powertrain / vehicle by 9-10% / 4-5% / 2-3% respectively (< 40€/kW FCS cost), by “rightsizing” of components, optimization of safety concepts and reducing the number of components
G3: Reduce the development time and cost for FC powertrains by 25% and 10-15% respectively
G4: Develop an open multi-functional modular test system for fast component and operating strategy validation
G5: Demonstrate the proof of concept of the developed ECO-FCEV solutions incl. advanced components, improved/better parametrized models (degradation, rightsizing), improved operating strategies and transferability to different vehicle classes