Slovakia
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IT (software and applications prolonging battery life span, software and applications for charging stations, 5G technologies, cybersecurity, IoT, diagnostics), installation of energy storage solutions (especially for energy gained from fluctuating solar and wind energies), battery ecosystem from research, to production and zero environmental damage recycling, charging station network infrastructure including E-bike & E-scooter & E-motor scooter charging, E-education (requalification), electrification of public transport, E-taxi/Car sharing applications, Robotics/Cobotics.
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BEV
VW e-UP
Seat e-Mii
Skoda e-Citigo
Peugeot e-208
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Local pioneers of electromobility - InoBat, IPM, A.En. Slovensko, MSM E-mobility Division, GreenWay Infrastructure, SLOVNAFT, MATADOR Holding, Centrum pre využitie pokročilých materiálov SAV, Technická univerzita v Košiciach (Hydrogen R&D), Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, RepaNet, Žilinská univerzita v Žiline, Slovenská technická univerzita and Slovenská poľnohospodárska univerzita Nitra are members of the Slovak Battery Alliance, an independent advocacy group composed of legal entities operating as an industry cluster. This executive cooperation platform is a member of European Battery Alliance and connects public & private sectors, innovators, academic community with financial institutions. Other market players within E- motors & components include BSH Drives and Pupms, Eiben, Sisme, Slovres, TRW Automotive, VEM, Elektrokarbon; within Battery & Charging Components include Intercable, Van Doren Engineers, NES, Voltia Automotive, Panasonic; Machinery & equipment components include Transmisie Engineering, Hornlein, U.S. Steel Kosice.
New mobility trends emerged at Slovak universities:
Autonomous - CEIT: Spin-off of the University of Zilina mass implementing autonomous guided
vehicles
Electric: Green Team electrical race car developed as a student project in Slovak Technical
University Bratislava
Efficient ICU: The energy efficient car B&S developed by Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in
Kosice
Hydrogen: car powered by hydrogen - the first car of its kind in Slovakia developed by Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering in Kosice.
Traffic Infrastructure: Electrification of fleet by transport and logistic companies is usually an advertising move rather than a trend owed to discouraging higher initial costs. Due to the network of trams and trolleybuses Slovakia ranks among countries with relatively sufficient resources for public E-transport expansion.
5G: The development of fifth generation networks in Slovakia is considered to be one of the prerequisites for further development and a competitiveness strengthening factor, especially when it comes to future of autonomous vehicle technology implementation. In November 2020, 5G network frequencies were granted to Orange Slovensko, Slovak Telekom, Swan and O2. Operators are bound to start using the frequencies within two years and cover 95% of each regional city’s population by 2025.
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CLEPA – European Association of Automotive Suppliers: http://clepa.eu/
European Commission – DG for Mobility & Transport: https://ec.europa.eu/transport/about-us_en
APIA (Romanian Association of Automotive Producers and Importers) “Possible evolutions of the green cars acquisitions (2020-2022) in Romania”
APIA http://www.apia.ro/
(Aug 2020) https://www.romania-insider.com/eurostat-bike-production-ro-aug-2020
(July 2020) https://www.mediafax.ro/economic/o-noua-piata-devine-atractiva-in-pandemie-19444097
https://www.newmoney.ro/piata-bicicletelor-este-in-crestere-infrastructura-ramane-deficitara/
https://adevarul.ro/tech/stiinta/5-companii-dezvolta-inteligentaartificiala-romania-1_5cdab4ac445219c57e9d3319/index.html
https://www.caleaeuropeana.ro/drone-militare-produse-in-romania-compania-israeliana-elbit-systems-avioane-craiova-si-romaero-au-semnat-un-memorandum-de-intelegere/
https://www.aero-drone.ro/inspectia-infrastructurii/
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