Innovation Segment : Electric Vehicles

Innovation Insights

AIR FRANCE - EV Fleet

Finland

 Air France is gradually starting to replace the diesel engines in the conveyor belt vehicles used for loading and unloading baggage on aircraft by replacing them with an electric drive made from recycled products.

To develop this collaborative project, Air France has chosen to team up with CarWatt, a French start-up that retrieves used lithium-ion batteries from individual electric vehicles and recycles them to give them a new life.

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Innovation theme: EV conveyor belt vehicles, Electric drive made from recycled products,  Lithium-ion batteries from individual electric vehicles,  Improve operational performance, Improved economic performance by reducing planned obsolescence.

Relevant for

  • Mechanical engineer
  • Automobile engineer
  • Electrical engineer
  • Electronics engineer
  • Power electronics engineer
  • Microelectronics engineer
  • Telecommunications engineer
  • Semiconductors / optoelectronics engineer
  • Chemical engineer
  • Electrochemical engineer
  • Material sciences professional
  • Power engineer
  • Energy auditor
  • Industrial engineer

Innovation sector

  • Chemistry & chemical engineering
  • Electrical engineering
  • Electronics & communications
  • Energy efficiency
  • Energy storage
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Waste management
  • Logistics & transportation

Domain

Energy Efficiency

Energy storage

Sustainable transport

Waste management

Sustainable materials

Type of innovation

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry