FERI

Name of project: Efficient development of electric motor by an expert system and new technologies

Acronym: MOTZART

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Project funding: Ministrstry for Education, Science and Sport

Time frame: 1. 10. 2018 - 30. 9. 2021

Total cost: 3.156.167,50 €

The amount of co-financing: 1.998.008,00 €

UM FERI Coordinator: Assist. Prof. Dr. Miran Rodič

Project Coordinator: SiEVA d.o.o., podjetje za razvoj in trženje v avtomobilski industriji d.o.o.

Other partners: Univerza v Ljubljani - Fakulteta za strojništvo, Univerza v Ljubljani - Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, Univerza v Mariboru - Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, računalništvo in informatiko, Hidria d.o.o., Kolektor Group d.o.o.

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Smart specialization priority area: Mobility

Project summary:

Hidria and Kolektor, the leading Slovenian companies in the development and marketing of electric motors and components for the automotive industry, are supported by the SiEVA development center and two universities on the basis of a new business model in the development of breakthrough tools for virtual development of advanced electromotors. They will combine knowledge and competencies, and with data derived from their real development processes create a single database as a foundation for the development of an innovative expert system for virtual development. It will be complemented by development of new production technologies with constant interconnection with the development of actual prototypes of advanced electromotors, that will be the physical handouts of the project.

The goals of globally established suppliers to the automotive industry, which support the MOBILITY domain with the Systems of e-mobility and energy storage focal area, will be achieved with new investments in the development of equipment and new jobs, and with the project teamwork of all involved partners, each of whom bring their own knowledge and competencies to the project.

In their niche areas, with continued industrialization of technologies and products, they will further consolidate their global position on the electric vehicle market.

Results of the project will be the transfer of knowledge between partners, enhanced competences, increased efficiency of development processes, higher product quality, shorter testing and optimization cycles, and consequently, greater profitability and competitiveness of the partners.

With an open expert system, confirmed by the development of new technologies and products within the framework of MOTZART project, other Slovenian companies will also gain tool for competence growth, research organizations will gain tool for research and education, and Slovenia the positioning among the most competitive countries in the field of electric vehicle components.