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Electromobility: The Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic considers political ambitions to reduce emissions and their constant and fundamental changes to be the greatest threats to future development, as Slovak education and the sufficiency of a qualified workforce are also perceived as a risk factor.
There are about 340 Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers in the Slovak automotive market. Their respond to E-production trend is sequential and OEM dependent. Recent activities worth highlighting include Intercable (EUR 23million investment into production’s expansion of high voltage cables for E-cars), Schaeffler (new R&D center to develop and test new powertrain modules for hybrids and E-cars), U.S. Steel (EUR 130 million/investment of the decade into production upgrade of electro-technical steel used in generators, transformers and E-cars), Panasonic Industrial Devices Slovakia (EUR 70 million investment to build in five years a factory with expanded accessories production for E-car batteries with 450 employees), Sygic (first comprehensive electro-mobility solution as part of Sygic GPS Navigation developed with Plugsurfing company), MSM Group (new factory for the production of E-car charging stations with the goal to produce 2,500 units by 2022.) and Electroad (startup developing intelligent algorithm providing reliable prediction of range, consumption and route parameters to E-drivers).
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 and Hydrogen: car powered by hydrogen - the first car of its kind in Slovakia developed by Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kosice.
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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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Event Name: Smart Cities 2021
Date: February 10, 2021
Website: https://konferencie.hnonline.sk/event/smart-cities
Sector: (Smart City/Smart mobility)
Event Name: Climate Smart Mobility - ONLINE kooperačné podujatie
Date: April 21-24, 2021
Website: https://www.npc.sk/sk/aktuality/climate-smart-mobility-online-kooperacne-podujatie/
Sector: (Automotive/Intelligent Transportation Systems/Smart Mobility)
Event Name: Smart Transport in Smart City
Date: TBD Spring 2021
Website: https://www.smart-transport.sk/
Sector: (Automotive/Intelligent Transportation Systems/Smart Mobility)
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2021 In-Person or Virtual Events
ZAP - Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic https://www.zapsr.sk
Electromobility Slovakia https://e-mobility.sk/
Tesla Magazine https://www.teslamagazin.sk/
Slovak Ministry of Economy https://www.mhsr.sk/ or https://e-mobility.sk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Elektromobilita-v-%C4%8D%C3%ADslach-Q2-2020.pdf
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