2022/09/27-28 Torino FITGEN General Assembly 6 final meeting
After almost two years of pandemic, and few technical problems in delivering a stable control of the e-axle, the FITGEN consortium has gathered together one more time before the completion of the project. FITGEN underwent two amendments in Dec. 2021 and May 2022, extending its concluding date from Dec. 2021 to Sept. 2022. In June 2022, the project has finally delivered the stable and functioning e-axle, that underwent the integration, testing and validation in the FIAT 500e vehicle platform during the summer. The consortium discussed together, in its final meeting, the results achieved and the lessons learned, identifying the way forward to exploit the FITGEN technology on the market.
2021/03/25 Virtual FITGEN General Assembly 5 meeting
The FITGEN GA5 meeting has been held again on-line on March 25th 2021 to meet the travel restriction imposed by the pandemic. The consortium has presented the final outcomes of the WP2, WP3 and WP4 and discussed how to proceed with the e-axle prototyping, testing and integration in the vehicle. Despite the 3-months delay accumulated during the pandemic, the consortium is working at full speed to keep-up with the schedule, looking forward to meet the project’s final results.
2020/07/29 Virtual FITGEN General Assembly 4 meeting and Midterm Review Meeting
The FITGEN GA4 meeting has been held on-line on July 14th and 15th, 2020 to cope with the travel restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Similarly the Midterm Review meeting has been held on-line on July 29th, 2020 with the INEA project officer and the FITGEN WP leaders. These meetings set a turning point for FITGEN, as well as the moment to recap what has been delivered in the first 18 project months and coordinate the next efforts to meet its ambitious challenges.

In short, FITGEN received a very positive feedback from the project officer; despite a small delay accumulated over the last months, the project is delivering excellent results under its technical areas of power electronics (WP2), motor-transmission (WP3) and cooling and drive control (WP4). In some areas, the project is even over performing against its original KPIs; for example, the FITGEN motor power density is expected to exceed the initial target of 5.0 kW/kg by 4%, realizing 5.2 kW/kg and 24.5 kW/l at a max. speed of 23,000 rpm (28% above its initial target). These results pave the way towards the next steps, i.e. the prototyping and testing the e-axle components (WP5) and their implementation into the FIAT 500e vehicle demonstrator (WP6).

2020/02/27 Sennwald FITGEN General Assembly 3 meeting
The FITGEN GA3 meeting was hosted by BRUSA in Sennwald, Switzerland, on the 26th and 27th February 2020. The consortium had the possibility to recap the design choices made in WP1 (terminated in November 2019) and revise the progresses of WP2 (power electronics), WP3 (motor-transmission) and WP4 (cooling and drive control). Activities are advancing, although the necessity for a better synchronization became evident in the power electronics and control area. As highlight, the final motor design and its preliminary prototype have been shown (BRU) as well as the computational setup for optimizing the liquid cooling system (AIT). FITGEN is now at the core of its activities, being the 2020 a crucial year for the success of the project.
2019/11/07 Graz IEEE ICCVE Conference (8th International Conference on Connected Vehicles & Expo)
AIT presented FITGEN at the special session on "Next Generation Electrified and Automated Vehicles" at the IEEE ICCVE 2019 Conference. The project was presented together with three E-VOLVE projects: EVC1000, VISION-xEV and SYS2WHEEL. The session reached an audience of 100+ experts from industry and academia and it was the first public presentation of the E-VOLVE cluster at a technical conference.
2019/10/25 Bilbao FITGEN interim WP4 meeting
AIT and BRUSA met with TECNALIA at its premises in Bilbao, Spain, on October 24th and 25th 2019 to discuss together the interim results and the detailed planning of the WP4 activities. The discussion focused on the setup of the computational models to design and optimise the liquid and the oil cooling systems, as well to integrate the e-axle components and implement the novel control algorithm. The meeting set the pace for the WP4 activities planned in 2020, in coordination with the envisaged advances of WP2 and WP3.
2019/09/25 Pordenone Fiere FITGEN at the World Magnetic Conference (WMC)
The World Magnetic Conference (WMC) is the technical conference organized within the Coiltech annual trade show, in cooperation with the University of L'Aquila. WMC took place on 25th-26th September 2019 in Pordenone Fiere, Italy. The trade show and the WMC are unique opportunities to be updated on the latest innovations in the field of electrical machines, materials, testing and the coil winding industry. WMC organized a special session on Advanced Powertrains for electric vehicles, where Paolo Pescetto from P olitecnico di Torino was invited to present the main objectives and the first results of the FITGEN project. The presentation made an impact on the audience and elicited many questions.
2019/07/02 Catania FITGEN General Assembly 2 Meeting
The FITGEN GA2 meeting was hosted by ST-Microelectronics in Catania, Italy, on the 2nd and 3rd of July. With the conclusion on M6 (June 2019), FITGEN reached a turning point: the overall architecture of the e-axle has been presented, together with the main design and vehicle integration choices of the consortium. WP2 (power electronics), WP3 (motor-transmission) and WP4 (cooling and drive control) have been kicked off, setting the pace for the busy months ahead. FITGEN is entering in the crucial phase of technical development of the e-axle components, starting the countdown to the vehicle demonstration phase.
2019/05/07 Sennwald FITGEN interim WP1 meeting
AIT, CRF and TECNALIA met with BRUSA at its premises in Sennwald, Switzerland, on May 7th 2019 to discuss together the architecture of the e-axle and the physical and functional integration of its components. Installation space within the mule vehicle, allocation of the motor, inverter, transmission, cooling system and DC/DC converter has been carefully evaluated, to allow for the required data to be exchanged in view of the upcoming WP2, WP3 and WP4 kick-off in July 2019.
2019/01/16 Vienna FITGEN Kick-Off-Meeting
The FITGEN kick-off-meeting took place on Jannuary 16th and 17th at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH in Vienna, Austria. The 8 project partners, plus the project officer from INEA and the scientific officer from the European Commission DG-RTD, participated. During the meeting partners communicated their expectations regarding FITGEN, establishing the administrative and technical framework to successfully initiate the collaboration. Expectations are high, and the consortium is ready to begin the technical work.