VECTOR21 – Projects

ARIADNE is part of one of the largest German research initiatives on energy transition and climate neutrality, the Kopernikus projects, funded by the BMBF. In a joint learning process between science and society, it investigates effects of the use of different technologies on the German climate balance as well as political measures and regulatory change requirements to achieve cross-sectoral and sector-specific climate targets. Thus, it completes with a total of more than 30 partners from industry, science and civil society, it complements the three other Kopernikus projects and their primarily technical focus (grid expansion, energy conversion, industrial flexibilization).

As part of the "Energiewende im Verkehr" research initiative, the scientific accompanying research project "BEniVer" is comprehensively investigating the development of renewable fuels with the aim of networking the initiative's 14 technical research projects with over 100 participating research groups and industry partners, leveraging synergy potential and making the project results comparable. The project focuses on interdisciplinary analyses of technical, ecological, economic and social effects.

The DLR-internal project aims to design a picture of the future for an automated, integrated transport system whose benefits for society, the economy and the environment are as great as possible. To this end, several overarching scenarios are being developed by combining individual innovations in passenger and freight transport on the road, rail, water and air transport modes and their accompanying framework conditions. The DLR Institutes of Transport Research, Transport Systems Engineering, Vehicle Concepts, and Airports and Air Traffic are involved in the project.

In a study funded by the Ministry of the Environment in Baden-Württemberg, cycle strategies for traction batteries were identified and evaluated in cooperation with the Fraunhofer IPA. In addition to the ecological balance of two recycling processes, future quantities of EoL batteries within the Baden-Württemberg system boundary were forecast. Furthermore, the development of relevant parameters of the Li-ion technology was assessed in order to derive possible effects on circulatory strategies.

proEME supports the development of electric mobility in urban Europe. The objectives of the project are focused on creating the critical mass of electric mobility communities in order to analyze and accelerate electric vehicle markets in Europe. Through direct contact with stakeholders and via different platforms with mobility consumers analysis will be developed and the understanding of decision making of mobility consumers, fleet managers, dealers, manufacturers and authorities for green public procurement will be advanced. Analysis, dissemination and exchange of results within the new established international network of stakeholders and policy makers will boost policy support for electric mobility.

The study on the investigation of transformation and structural change through electromobility, digitization and automation are intended to systematically analyze the implications for a positive design of change in the automotive and mobility industry in Baden-Württemberg. This should help to support Baden-Württemberg as an automotive location and to understand and use the technological change and the associated structural change as an opportunity.