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Item A Concrete and Viable Example of Multimaterial Body: The Evolution Project Main Outcomes: The Evolution Project Main Outcomes(2017) Cischino, Elena; Vuluga, Zina; Elizetxea, Cristina; Benito, Iratxe Lopez; Mangino, Enrico; de Claville Christiansen, Jesper; Sanporean, Catalina-Gabriela; Di Paolo, Francesca; Kirpluks, Mikelis; Cābulis, Pēteris; Ezeiza, Cristina Elizetxea; Cabulis, Pěteris; POLIMEROSFunded by the EC FP7 Programme, EVolution project demonstrated that it is possible to consistently reduce the vehicle weight through the wide use of new materials and process technologies, mainly by developing a multi-material Body-in-White. This paper focuses on three of the five structural body demonstrators, the main objective of the framework, strongly hybridized with aluminum and thermoplastic composite materials, specifically developed and manufactured through innovative technologies. Directing in particular the analysis on medium production volumes (> 30,000 units/year), the industrial viability is evaluated in terms of TAKT time, lightweighting costs, weight reduction and structural performances achieved.Item Evolution FP7 funded project: body structure design strategies using new composite and aluminium materials and enabled technologies(InderScience, 2018-04-20) Mangino, Enrico; Alcalde, Estibaliz; Maestro, César; Di Paolo, Francesca; DeClaville Christiansen, Jesper; Sanporean, Catalina Gabriela; Deverill, John P.; Cischino, Elena; Elizetxea, Cristina; Lopez, Iratxe; Vuluga, Zina; Kirpluks, Mikelis; Cabulis, PeterisBased on Pininfarina Nido EV concept, EVolution aims to reduce the vehicle weight through new materials and process technologies, focused on five demonstrators: underbody, front crossbeam, mechanical subframe, shotgun system and door. This paper refers to body structure design strategies using new composite, Al materials and enabled technologies, focusing in particular on demonstrators design and manufacturing. The new front crossbeam geometry of the front shell is adapted starting from the Nanotough design, while the rear shell is specific for EVolution. The subframe demonstrator is redesigned to fulfil mechanical requirements of the part and manufacturing feasibility either. The EVolution door concept consists of two semistructural composite skins including a structural Al frame. The underbody is conceived through an integrated approach, optimising each element for its function. The shotgun component is designed to link parts obtained with different manufacturing technologies and several aluminium alloys in one single component: the structural node demonstrator.