Functional sustainable solutions for future vehicle concepts

Sustainable innovations for tomorrow's mobility

From e-mobility, through car-sharing and autonomous vehicles, and on to the circular economy: The mobility industry is facing profound changes and requires innovative strategies for the development of durable products, sustainable functional interior concepts and resource-conserving processes – both in the production and in the recovery of materials. This is where the Fraunhofer IST comes in: We develop sustainable solutions for functional surfaces and technologies that support an efficient circular economy, enable the design of functional interiors, extend the service life of vehicles, and reduce CO₂ emission.

Holistic technologies along the vehicle value chain

At the Fraunhofer IST, we work on customer-specific solutions that encompass the entire value chain of vehicle technology - from tribological and sensor surfaces for the production process as well as functional coatings and automated cleaning processes for the vehicle interior, through optical coatings for sensor systems, which play a central role in autonomous vehicles, and on to technologies for the automated reconditioning and dismantling of vehicles as well as recycling processes for feeding materials back into the cycle. All of our developments are evaluated from, in particular, the economic and ecological perspectives.

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