Future Scope

Europe has set ambitious target to vehicle manufacturers for carbon dioxide (CO2) emission
reduction. By 2021, their fleet will have to reach an average of 95 gram per kilometre (g/km).

This requires them to sell from 5% to 25% of electric vehicles (EV) by 2025.

Hence vehicle manufacturers will have to find solutions to address the highway driving range
issue in order to be competitive with ICE vehicles and sell more BEVs.

At 130 km/h, the energy consumption more than doubles compared to 90 km/h, while
aerodynamic forces triple to account for 80% of friction forces. Hence Aerodynamic
improvements could play a major role to increase BEVs highway driving range that people
will eventually pay for.

Hence, an aerodynamic system reducing the Cx by 5% reduces the energy consumption by

4gr/km representing a battery pack cost saving of at least $360 in 2020 (3 kWh x $120/kWh).
Vehicle manufacturers will be willing to pay up for fuel efficient technologies costing up to
$90 per gr/km saved - twice as much as ICEV- to increase the highway driving range of
their BEV.

Intelligent Aerodynamics- The automotive market has been trending towards the embrace of
aerodynamic innovations to lower drag coefficients and improve fuel economy and CO2
emissions. Recent launches attain notable Cd improvements through grille shutters, ride
control, wheel deflection, and even micro fins, to name several current strategies. The
automotive market has been trending towards the embrace of aerodynamic innovations to
lower drag coefficients and improve fuel economy and CO2 emissions. Recent launches
attain notable Cd improvements through grille shutters, ride control, wheel deflection, and
even micro fins, to name several current strategies.