Şişecam Develops Innovative Solar Roof Glass for the ZEvRA Circular Vehicle Prototype
Şişecam is contributing to the advancement of circular electric mobility through the development of an innovative solar roof glass solution within the ZEvRA project. As one of 28 partners in the “Zero Emission Electric Vehicles Enabled by Harmonized Circularity” initiative, Şişecam is designing and manufacturing a specialized photovoltaic roof glass for the project’s circular vehicle […]
ZEvRA at the RTR conference in Brussels
The RTR conference took place in Brussels from 10 to 12 February, and ZEvRA was there! On Wednesday, Daniel Nebel and Justus von Freeden represented the project at the 2Zero panel event in the auditorium. Under the theme “Circularity: from methods to infrastructure”, the project was presented and interesting insights were provided.
Fifth consortium meeting in Bologna
This week the ZEvRA consortium came together for our 5th consortium meeting, hosted by the University of Bologna 🇮🇹 (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna) Partners were welcomed into the beautiful university building that set the stage for two productive days of meetings and hands-on workshops. With the project now entering its final year, […]
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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We are excited to announce that we will be sending out our newsletter regularly from December onwards.So if you want to stay up to date with the latest developments in the ZEvRA project, sign up here.
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 […]