PERTE VEC Training Project

Project Number: VEC-020400-2022-41

Start date: April 15, 2024  

End date: April 30, 2024 

Participants: Applus+ Laboratories (LGAI Technological Center, S.A.)

Funding: This project has been financed through grants for integral actions in the industrial chain of the electric and connected vehicle within the Strategic Project for the Recovery and Economic Transformation in the Electric and Connected Vehicle Sector (PERTE VEC), within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed by the European Union and managed by the Ministry of Industry and Tourism.  

Background  

The automotive sector has been immersed in a major transformation process with the new mobility models and the great challenges to overcome: relocations, the crisis of components or international dependencies, which have left the Spanish automotive industry far from the decision centers of large companies. With the emergence of the Connected Electric Vehicle (CEV), new market positioning opportunities have arisen for companies in the sector. Among them is the reindustrialization of Nissan's facilities in the Zona Franca of Barcelona and Montcada y Reixac. The HUB-dCO2 tractor project (project number VEC-010000-2022-7) was created precisely to lead this opportunity. 

In addition, within the design and development chain of manufacturers, a fundamental aspect for development centers is to be able to count on testing laboratories. These must have the knowledge, procedures and facilities necessary for their design teams to validate their prototypes, as well as to ensure the quality of the final designs. As part of the tractor project, Applus+ Laboratories is leading the primary project of the requirements analysis and study for the creation of an electrical and electronic testing laboratory for electromobility challenges and the associated training project to ensure its full implementation in the sector. 

Objectives 

The objective of the HUB-dCO2 is to dynamize the value chain to lead the sector with the capacity to design and produce a complete range of components and electric mobility vehicles that allow multi-reference and multi-brand manufacturing.  

For its part, the objective of the training project is the consolidation of Applus+ Laboratories certain knowledge in relation to the creation of a laboratory with the aim of performing electrical-electronic tests for electromobility challenges that LGAI Technological Center, S.A. can provide in this area, transferring specific technical knowledge accumulated and acquired internally to workers in terms of technologies or techniques used when characterizing materials, specifically when performing electrical-electronic tests.

In this sense, training is carried out in relation to the following modules:

• Introduction to battery types 
• Electrochemical batteries 
• Insulation resistance measurement
• Live working, basic concepts for safe handling 
• Operation of the HV system in electric vehicles 

Methodology

The training project is carried out to acquire the necessary knowledge and experience to perform electromagnetic compatibility tests and electrical-environmental tests, applied to different components of the electric vehicle architecture:  

• Electric motors and their electromagnetic compatibility.   
• High-power components, including on-board chargers and DC voltage converters   
• External vehicle chargers   
• Testing ecosystem for external chargers   
• Electric vehicle batteries and their safety in prototype test laboratories 

About PERTE 

The Strategic Projects for Economic Recovery and Transformation (PERTES) are a new public-private partnership created by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Spanish Government (Royal Decree-Law 36/2020, December 30), for the modernization of the Public Administration and for the execution of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.