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🚗🔋 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 (09:00–17:00 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. 👉

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ZEvRA at K-Fair 2025 in Düsseldorf

Polymeris took advantage of its collective stand at the K-Fair 2025 in Düsseldorf to organise a networking cocktail with its European project partners. K fair is the World’s No. 1 trade fair for plastics & rubber materials. The ZEvRA project was widely promoted and represented at the fair, notably with

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ZEvRA’s innovations highlighted at the Sustainability in Product and Production Engineering 2025

For the fourth time, the automotive industry and researchers are gathering in Bad Nauheim for the Automotive Circle conference on Sustainability in Product and Production Engineering. Conference participants addressed key issues relating to the procurement of high-quality secondary materials for the automotive industry and efficient recycling methods for end-of-life vehicles.

Read More »

Invitation to the European projects networking cocktail

Join Us for a Networking Cocktail at K 2025! Polymeris, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Entreprises and partners from AI-REDGIO 5.0, BE-UP, BIO-UPTAKE, CIRCPLASTX, PLASTICE, POLREC, POLYTRONICS, THERMOFIRE and ZEVRA projects will be present at K 2025. If you are attending the fair, we warmly invite you to our informal gathering and networking

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4th consortium meeting held in Budapest

The ZEvRA team recently came together in Budapest for the 4th consortium meeting, hosted by Bay Zoltán Kutatóközpont! Over two productive days, we reviewed our progress at the 18-month mark, showcasing results and insights from all corners of the project. Aside from the partner presentations, we held two key workshops:–

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ZEvRA in the spotlight at NeMMO

The ZEvRA project was in the spotlight at the recent NeMMO conference on New Materials for Mobility, held in Rennes on July 2–3 and co-organised by SFIP and Société des Ingénieurs de l’Automobile With nearly 250 participants from across the mobility value chain, this international event brought together materials experts,

Read More »

ZEvRA at Autopromotech 2025

ZEvRA is present this week at Autopromotec 2025 in Bologna, one of Europe’s leading trade fairs for automotive equipment and aftermarket innovation. ZEvRA is being showcased at the booth of our partner APRA Europe, highlighting our approach to enable a circular and climate-neutral future for zero-emission vehicles. Autopromotec 2025 runs

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Use Case Spotlight: Sustainable Steel in Automotive 🚗

Get to know the ZEvRA use cases—starting with our work on car components like fenders and bonnets made from recycled steel (with 0% virgin material). This process reduces CO₂ emissions, avoids smelting, and supports a circular economy. It’s a key step in making low-emission vehicles possible from the materials up.

Read More »

Join ZEvRA’s second workshop at REMATEC Amsterdam! 🌍

We’re excited to invite you to our first Automotive Strategy & Innovation Forum: Setting the course for a growing Circular Materials Demand The demand for materials from the circular economy will rise sharply in the coming years. Recycling has indisputable economic advantages in terms of material and CO2 costs and

Read More »

Join ZEvRA at JEC World 2025 for the first ZEvRA workshop! 🌍

We’re excited to invite you to our interactive workshop: Boosting Circularity in E-Mobility: How to Assess Circularity Holistically🔹 Date: 4 March 2025🔹 Time: 14:00 – 16:00🔹 Location: JEC World, Conference Room 618, Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre Moderated by Centre Tecnològic de la Química a Catalunya‘s M. Violeta Vargas-P. and

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Join Us at JEC World 2025! 🌱♻️

POLYMERIS and FORVIA are excited to co-present the ZEvRA and BIOntier project, two groundbreaking projects focused on sustainable and high-performance composites! When? March 4, 2025 | ⏰ 16:05 – 16:25Where? Open Stage, JEC World 2025 Join Thierry Renault from FORVIA and Maxime Nourtier from POLYMERIS next week at the JEC

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Contribute to a More Circular Future for Electric Vehicles ♻️🚗

We’re inviting professionals, researchers, and sustainability leaders to share their expertise by participating in the Harmonized Circularity Assessment (HCA), developed under the ZEvRA project. Your insights will help shape a standardized methodology to improve circularity across the entire electric vehicle (EV) value chain. Why participate?By rating the HCA, you’ll support

Read More »

Sustainable Innovation at the Core of the ZEvRA Project

A Project with Bay Zoltan The Bay Zoltán Research Institute for Applied Research (BZN) is playing a pivotal role in advancing the ZEvRA project, a groundbreaking initiative focused on sustainability and innovation in the electric vehicle (EV) sector. Leveraging its multidisciplinary expertise, BZN contributes significantly across several key areas: Beyond

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ZEvRA meets for its third consortium meeting in Barcelona

Last week, we gathered in Barcelona for the 3rd Consortium Meeting, hosted by Eurecat – Centro Tecnológico Over two dynamic days, project partners drove forward discussions on circular economy innovation, digital tools, and sustainable prototypes. Workshops played a key role, fostering collaboration and hands-on development. These interactive sessions enabled partners

Read More »

Eurecat represents ZEvRA at Metal Madrid

The ZEvRA project, presented at Metal Madrid 2024 as part of the Advanced Manufacturing Madrid exhibition, is driving innovation towards a fully circular vehicle manufacturing approach. ZEvRA is a European project committed to advancing decarbonisation and sustainability in the steel and aluminium industries. ZEvRA focuses on improving recyclability across key

Read More »

Project partners hosted by Raffmetal

Today we had the pleasure of hosting some partners from the ZEvRA EU Project project to closely observe our reality in order to strengthen collaboration and promote the circular economy in the automotive sector 🚘. Raffmetal is excited to participate in this innovative European project, funded by Horizon Europe, which

Read More »

United for zero-emissions: Europe’s collaborative push in EV innovation

As Europe drives towards a zero-emission future, the automotive industry lies at the heart of this transition. With ambitious targets set by the European Commission, manufacturers, research institutes, and policymakers are working together to develop sustainable electric vehicles (EVs) that meet stringent CO² reduction standards. This article explores how collaboration

Read More »

Cars made without new materials (almost)

By Manuel Montefalcone The future still belongs to electric: Now that rebates and other incentives to buy electric cars have been phased out, the transition has slowed. But research is bringing new momentum to electric mobility. Cars are to be built almost without new raw materials in the future. That

Read More »

The Role of Havel Metal Foam in ZEvRA

On the road to zero-emission vehicles with aluminum foam. As part of our commitment to sustainability and Havel Metal Foam’s broader efforts, we have joined the ZEvRA project (Zero Emission electric Vehicles enabled by haRmonised circulArity), which was launched in early 2024. This EU-supported initiative brings together 28 partners from

Read More »

Škoda’s Role in the Project

ZEvRA: An International Project to Improve the Sustainability of Electric Vehicles As part of our commitment to sustainability, under the broader efforts of the Volkswagen Group, we’ve joined the ZEvRA (Zero Emission electric Vehicles enabled by haRmonised circulArity) project, which launched at the beginning of 2024. This EU-supported initiative brings together 28 partners from

Read More »

Stellantis and Forvia at the Project

🌍✨ Exciting news in the fight for #ZeroCO2Emissions! 🚗💨 We are pleased to share exciting news that marks significant progress towards more sustainable and environmentally friendly mobility. The ZEvRA project, supported by Horizon Europe, embodies an excellent example of international cooperation, bringing together 28 partners from 13 different countries. With

Read More »

Eurecat’s role in the ZEvRA project

Zero emission electric vehicles enabled by harmonised circularity. The ZEvRA project improves the circularity of light-duty electric vehicles (EVs) throughout their entire value chain, from materials supply and manufacturing to end-of-life (EoL) processes. To do so, ZEvRA develops a Design for Circularity (DfC) methodology and a holistic circularity assessment aimed at improving the production of electric vehicles

Read More »

Launch of the ZEvRA project

We are pleased to announce the launch of the European ZEvRA project, which began on 1 January 2024! The European Commission’s stated goal is to achieve zero CO2 emissions by 2035, particularly in the electric vehicle value chain. Consequently, the Horizon Europe ZEvRA research project (28 partners from 13 countries,

Read More »

Use Case Spotlight: Sustainable Steel in Automotive 🚗

Get to know the ZEvRA use cases—starting with our work on car components like fenders and bonnets made from recycled steel (with 0% virgin material). This process reduces CO₂ emissions, avoids smelting, and supports a circular economy. It’s a key step in making low-emission vehicles possible from the materials up.

Read More »

Contribute to a More Circular Future for Electric Vehicles ♻️🚗

We’re inviting professionals, researchers, and sustainability leaders to share their expertise by participating in the Harmonized Circularity Assessment (HCA), developed under the ZEvRA project. Your insights will help shape a standardized methodology to improve circularity across the entire electric vehicle (EV) value chain. Why participate?By rating the HCA, you’ll support

Read More »

Sustainable Innovation at the Core of the ZEvRA Project

A Project with Bay Zoltan The Bay Zoltán Research Institute for Applied Research (BZN) is playing a pivotal role in advancing the ZEvRA project, a groundbreaking initiative focused on sustainability and innovation in the electric vehicle (EV) sector. Leveraging its multidisciplinary expertise, BZN contributes significantly across several key areas: Beyond

Read More »

Project partners hosted by Raffmetal

Today we had the pleasure of hosting some partners from the ZEvRA EU Project project to closely observe our reality in order to strengthen collaboration and promote the circular economy in the automotive sector 🚘. Raffmetal is excited to participate in this innovative European project, funded by Horizon Europe, which

Read More »

United for zero-emissions: Europe’s collaborative push in EV innovation

As Europe drives towards a zero-emission future, the automotive industry lies at the heart of this transition. With ambitious targets set by the European Commission, manufacturers, research institutes, and policymakers are working together to develop sustainable electric vehicles (EVs) that meet stringent CO² reduction standards. This article explores how collaboration

Read More »

Cars made without new materials (almost)

By Manuel Montefalcone The future still belongs to electric: Now that rebates and other incentives to buy electric cars have been phased out, the transition has slowed. But research is bringing new momentum to electric mobility. Cars are to be built almost without new raw materials in the future. That

Read More »

The Role of Havel Metal Foam in ZEvRA

On the road to zero-emission vehicles with aluminum foam. As part of our commitment to sustainability and Havel Metal Foam’s broader efforts, we have joined the ZEvRA project (Zero Emission electric Vehicles enabled by haRmonised circulArity), which was launched in early 2024. This EU-supported initiative brings together 28 partners from

Read More »

Škoda’s Role in the Project

ZEvRA: An International Project to Improve the Sustainability of Electric Vehicles As part of our commitment to sustainability, under the broader efforts of the Volkswagen Group, we’ve joined the ZEvRA (Zero Emission electric Vehicles enabled by haRmonised circulArity) project, which launched at the beginning of 2024. This EU-supported initiative brings together 28 partners from

Read More »

Stellantis and Forvia at the Project

🌍✨ Exciting news in the fight for #ZeroCO2Emissions! 🚗💨 We are pleased to share exciting news that marks significant progress towards more sustainable and environmentally friendly mobility. The ZEvRA project, supported by Horizon Europe, embodies an excellent example of international cooperation, bringing together 28 partners from 13 different countries. With

Read More »

Eurecat’s role in the ZEvRA project

Zero emission electric vehicles enabled by harmonised circularity. The ZEvRA project improves the circularity of light-duty electric vehicles (EVs) throughout their entire value chain, from materials supply and manufacturing to end-of-life (EoL) processes. To do so, ZEvRA develops a Design for Circularity (DfC) methodology and a holistic circularity assessment aimed at improving the production of electric vehicles

Read More »

Launch of the ZEvRA project

We are pleased to announce the launch of the European ZEvRA project, which began on 1 January 2024! The European Commission’s stated goal is to achieve zero CO2 emissions by 2035, particularly in the electric vehicle value chain. Consequently, the Horizon Europe ZEvRA research project (28 partners from 13 countries,

Read More »

🚗🔋 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 (09:00–17:00 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. 👉

Read More »

ZEvRA at K-Fair 2025 in Düsseldorf

Polymeris took advantage of its collective stand at the K-Fair 2025 in Düsseldorf to organise a networking cocktail with its European project partners. K fair is the World’s No. 1 trade fair for plastics & rubber materials. The ZEvRA project was widely promoted and represented at the fair, notably with

Read More »

ZEvRA’s innovations highlighted at the Sustainability in Product and Production Engineering 2025

For the fourth time, the automotive industry and researchers are gathering in Bad Nauheim for the Automotive Circle conference on Sustainability in Product and Production Engineering. Conference participants addressed key issues relating to the procurement of high-quality secondary materials for the automotive industry and efficient recycling methods for end-of-life vehicles.

Read More »

Invitation to the European projects networking cocktail

Join Us for a Networking Cocktail at K 2025! Polymeris, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Entreprises and partners from AI-REDGIO 5.0, BE-UP, BIO-UPTAKE, CIRCPLASTX, PLASTICE, POLREC, POLYTRONICS, THERMOFIRE and ZEVRA projects will be present at K 2025. If you are attending the fair, we warmly invite you to our informal gathering and networking

Read More »

4th consortium meeting held in Budapest

The ZEvRA team recently came together in Budapest for the 4th consortium meeting, hosted by Bay Zoltán Kutatóközpont! Over two productive days, we reviewed our progress at the 18-month mark, showcasing results and insights from all corners of the project. Aside from the partner presentations, we held two key workshops:–

Read More »

ZEvRA in the spotlight at NeMMO

The ZEvRA project was in the spotlight at the recent NeMMO conference on New Materials for Mobility, held in Rennes on July 2–3 and co-organised by SFIP and Société des Ingénieurs de l’Automobile With nearly 250 participants from across the mobility value chain, this international event brought together materials experts,

Read More »

ZEvRA at Autopromotech 2025

ZEvRA is present this week at Autopromotec 2025 in Bologna, one of Europe’s leading trade fairs for automotive equipment and aftermarket innovation. ZEvRA is being showcased at the booth of our partner APRA Europe, highlighting our approach to enable a circular and climate-neutral future for zero-emission vehicles. Autopromotec 2025 runs

Read More »

Join Us at JEC World 2025! 🌱♻️

POLYMERIS and FORVIA are excited to co-present the ZEvRA and BIOntier project, two groundbreaking projects focused on sustainable and high-performance composites! When? March 4, 2025 | ⏰ 16:05 – 16:25Where? Open Stage, JEC World 2025 Join Thierry Renault from FORVIA and Maxime Nourtier from POLYMERIS next week at the JEC

Read More »

ZEvRA meets for its third consortium meeting in Barcelona

Last week, we gathered in Barcelona for the 3rd Consortium Meeting, hosted by Eurecat – Centro Tecnológico Over two dynamic days, project partners drove forward discussions on circular economy innovation, digital tools, and sustainable prototypes. Workshops played a key role, fostering collaboration and hands-on development. These interactive sessions enabled partners

Read More »

Eurecat represents ZEvRA at Metal Madrid

The ZEvRA project, presented at Metal Madrid 2024 as part of the Advanced Manufacturing Madrid exhibition, is driving innovation towards a fully circular vehicle manufacturing approach. ZEvRA is a European project committed to advancing decarbonisation and sustainability in the steel and aluminium industries. ZEvRA focuses on improving recyclability across key

Read More »

Join ZEvRA’s second workshop at REMATEC Amsterdam! 🌍

We’re excited to invite you to our first Automotive Strategy & Innovation Forum: Setting the course for a growing Circular Materials Demand The demand for materials from the circular economy will rise sharply in the coming years. Recycling has indisputable economic advantages in terms of material and CO2 costs and

Read More »

Join ZEvRA at JEC World 2025 for the first ZEvRA workshop! 🌍

We’re excited to invite you to our interactive workshop: Boosting Circularity in E-Mobility: How to Assess Circularity Holistically🔹 Date: 4 March 2025🔹 Time: 14:00 – 16:00🔹 Location: JEC World, Conference Room 618, Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre Moderated by Centre Tecnològic de la Química a Catalunya‘s M. Violeta Vargas-P. and

Read More »