Breaking Down the Barriers Toward a Circular Automotive Industry
Key Insights from the 1st ZEvRA Annual Conference On 27 November 2025, the ZEvRA (Zero-Emission Vehicles enabled by Harmonised Circularity) project successfully held its 1st Annual Conference, “Breaking Down the Barriers Toward a Circular Automotive Industry,” at EURECAT facilities in Cerdanyola, Catalonia (Spain), in a hybrid format combining onsite and online participation. The conference brought […]
Welcome to 2026
We welcome 2026 with a spotlight on ZEvRA partner Northumbria University and their role within the project. Engy Ghoniem from Northumbria University explains how they play a central role in transforming the project’s technical results into real social and industrial impact, bridging advanced research with circulareconomy practice. Within ZEvRA, Northumbria University contributes across three key […]
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Highlights of the annual ZEvRA conference in Barcelona
Last Thursday, the ZEvRA Annual Conference brought together partners and external stakeholders for a dynamic day of discussion, collaboration, and vision-setting around accelerating circularity in the automotive sector. Three panel sessions explored some of the most pressing questions shaping the future of circular EV design — from applying the 9Rs, to dismantling barriers across the […]
Exciting presentations and in-depth discussions
Earlier this month, ZEvRA project partner Bay Zoltán Kutatóközpont was represented by Peter Chrabak at the 20th edition of the XX. LCA Conference in Budapest. 📌 Central theme: Assessing sustainability in complex systems 🎤 Presentation by Péter: Development of zero-emission vehicles through a harmonised, circular framework Péter highlighted the importance of unified circularity methods to […]
The ZEvRA Annual Conference is underway!
This morning we opened with our keynote speeches from project coordinator Fraunhofer IWU‘s Thomas Hipke giving his perspective on circularity as the engine of Europe’s zero-emission EV Future. Followed by Škoda Auto‘s Matthias Reichelt taking the topic of zero emission readiness from a OEM perspective. Stay tuned for more insights from today.
The ZEvRA Annual Conference is happening tomorrow!
As we prepare to welcome stakeholders from across the EV value chain, we’re excited to highlight some of our latest confirmed participants: Engy Ghoniem from Northumbria University Thierry Renault from Compositec Gianluigi Creonti from Crossfiresrl Registrations are now closed, and we look forward to welcoming all confirmed participants tomorrow, both onsite and online for a full […]
The annual ZEvRA conference is just around the corner
With just 2 days to go until the ZEvRA Annual Conference, we’re pleased to introduce some of our final confirmed participants! We are proud to welcome Manuel Molina Estrada from Toyota Motor Europe Kirsten Lange from APRA Europe AISBL Alberto Gómez, PhD from FICOSA. Join us to hear their expert insights in the sessions: Applying […]
🚗🔋 Breaking Down the Barriers Toward a Circular Automotive Industry
We’re excited to announce ZEvRA’s 1st Annual Conference, taking place on 27th November 2025 (08:45–16:00 CET) at Eurecat’s facilities in Cerdanyola, Catalonia, Spain — with hybrid participation available. This event will bring together leading stakeholders from across the automotive and mobility sectors to explore practical pathways toward circularity in electric vehicles. 👉 What to expect:✔ Keynotes, panels, […]
Speaker Spotlight: Violeta Vargas at the ZEvRA Annual Conference 2025
We’re excited to welcome Violeta Vargas from Eurecat – Technology Centre to the ZEvRA Annual Conference, happening on 27 November 2025 at Eurecat – Technology Centre in Cerdanyola, Catalonia (Spain) — with hybrid participation available. 🎤 Roles: Panelist: Applying the 9Rs: Barriers and Breakthroughs in Circular EV DesignHost: How to Assess Circularity Across the EV […]