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A3plus-PROJECTS
The success of the A3 Programme „Austrian Advanced Automotive Technology”
which ran from 2002 to 2006 was the basis for the BMVIT’s decision to pursue its
R&D funding activities with the successor A3plus Programme from 2007 onwards.
While A3 covered alternative propulsion systems and fuels, together with other
aspects of automotive research such as materials development for safe and
lightweight structures, electronic and telematic components or noise reduction, the
subsequent programme A3plus is focusing on clean and energy-efficient alternative
technologies for the powertrain, and including other modes of transport in addition to
road vehicles.
The increasing importance of hybrid and electric vehicles, energy storage technologies
and electronic control systems is reflected in the response to the calls for proposals.
The total of 4 calls for A3 proposals and 2 calls for Lighthouse projects resulted in the
12 projects covering these areas and presented in the preceding pages; whereas the
first call for proposals in the A3plus Programme alone resulted in 8 projects in this field
and selected in 2007.
The following section presents these eight projects, which cover a wide range of
areas: freight and passenger transport, lightweight vehicles and working machines,
two- and three-wheeler vehicles for regional delivery services, zero emissions vehicles
in local public transport, electrical-mechanical power distribution transmission,
battery/fuel cell hybrid vehicles with decentralised hydrogen infrastructure, use of
renewable energy sources, analysis of the market potential of electric vehicles,
creating supportive ecological, environmental policy and technical framework
conditions, and developing scenarios to investigate the effectiveness of different policy
instruments.
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