The EFFEREST Horizon Europe project published its first official newsletter on LinkedIn. Prepared as part of the consortium's open communication strategy, the issue summarises the technical outputs achieved in the project's first 18 months, the status of in-flight work packages, and the current progress in electric vehicle overall efficiency research.
The newsletter content underlines that the project is not solely an academic research effort but an applied programme delivering concrete engineering inputs to the European automotive ecosystem. Highlighted topics in the first issue include cell-level performance characterisation, new measurement methods for the powertrain loss inventory, improvements in simulation-validation matching, and control-algorithm benchmarks under real-world driving scenarios.
Main themes in the issue
- Cell-level electrochemical characterisation and thermal measurement results
- New measurement methodology developed for the powertrain loss inventory
- Comparison between the MATLAB/Simulink virtual demonstrator and real vehicle data
- User feedback summaries from HMI co-design workshops
- Consortium event schedule and upcoming technical review calendar
- Partner spotlights: in-depth look at the contributions of SIRO, CTAG, and TOGG
An open-innovation approach
The EFFEREST newsletter is a concrete component of the project's open-innovation strategy. By the nature of EU-funded research projects, part of the outcomes must be disseminated under open-access principles. The newsletter format enables value to flow to the engineering community immediately, without waiting for the lengthy review cycles of academic publications.
Choosing LinkedIn as the distribution channel is itself a strategic decision. LinkedIn is the densest professional platform for the European engineering community, meaning the shared content reaches a wide audience — from OEM R&D teams and Tier-1 engineers to academics and other Horizon Europe consortia.
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