The government delegate in La Rioja, Beatriz Arraiz Nalda, visited this morning the facilities of Avanare Innovation Technology, in Navarrete, to learn about the national and international projects that the company is developing within the PERTE of Electric and Connected Vehicle (PERTE VEC I).
Arraiz Nalda was accompanied on the visit by Julio Gomez Cordon, Executive Advisor and co-founder of Avanare, Elvira Villaro, Chief Technical Officer, and Juan Mercadal, Head of Research and Development Projects.
In particular, Avanare has received 600,000 euros from the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan to participate in two projects focused on the development of innovative lighting solutions for the interior of the electric vehicle and, on the other hand, new high-capacity materials based on EcoDesign and Recyclability.
In this way, the first line of work of Avanare is the so-called “Research of innovative lighting solutions for the interior of the electric vehicle”, which aims to obtain different integrated lighting systems that include capacitive and light sensors easily integrable and without the need for cables.
It is important to bear in mind that an average car has about 30-60 kilos of copper wiring and the elimination of it allows to reduce that weight and, therefore, its cost. In addition, at the end of the useful life of the plastic parts can be disassembled and recycled, without the prior step of the elimination of the metal parts.
In order to achieve this objective, Avanare has developed the technique of laser patterning, which consists of activating by means of an insulating surface additivated with graphenic materials with a laser, printing a conductive circuit on said piece without the need for cables.
In the second performance of the PERTE VEC I that Avance is undertaking, the objective is to achieve new structural and non-structural components of low weight, which also integrate new functionalities, such as heat dissipation, electromagnetic shielding and flame resistance. These properties are key in components such as the battery housing of the electric vehicle.
Both projects, produced by Avanare for more than 10 years, use graphenic materials such as graphene oxide or graphite nanoplatelets. Its preparation, scaling and control of the dispersions in the different matrices are allowing the company to position itself as a key supplier in different industries, including the electric vehicle.