The Innocar is the most recent
development within Innosys Engineering. In order to
demonstrate the engineering and building services Innosys
Engineering can provide, a fully roadworthy electric-powered
car is being designed and built. In the first evolution of
this project, a conventional Daihatsu Cuore has been
converted into an electric car using Li-Ion batteries and a
three-phase asynchronous electric motor. The addition of a
fuel-cell is planned for later stages of the project. This
car will act as a showcase of what Innosys Engineering can
realize with current technologies and it will promote
further research into batteries, compact fuel-cell
technologies and small-sized asynchronous drives. Innosys
Engineering is able to take these technologies and turn them
into a "turn-key" product.
An additional goal of the Innocar
project is to trigger the automotive industry to embrace
sustainabe transport solutions. Electric drives will give
the designer more freedom to pursue an aerodynamic shape of
the car than a combustion engine would. Components are
smaller and more easily distributed. Innosys Engineering has
the ambition to realize the next-generation car with
important parties such as TNO, ESA and the Delft University
of Technology. This car will also trigger the electric drive
and energy storage market segments, while valuable oil can
be used to create lightweight plastics.