EGVIAfor2Zero General Assembly: new members, milestones, and a look to the future

Yesterday, EGVIAfor2Zero hold its first General Assembly of the year, and discussed several essential points related to ongoing activities in the association and reflected on future activities.
The meeting started with the welcoming of seven new members in its eco-system, bringing the total number of members to 125 members.

After discussion various internal matters, the General Assembly held 2 elections.

The first one was the election of the co-leaders for its four pillars:

• Pillar 1 “Vehicle technologies and vehicle propulsion solutions for BEV and FCEV”:
  • Ian Faye from Robert Bosch
  • Damian Backes from RWTH Aachen (ika)
• Pillar 2 “Integration of the BEVs into the energy system and related charging infrastructure“:
  • Christof Schernus from FEV
  • Matej Zajc from University of Ljubljana
• Pillar 3 “ Innovative concepts, solutions and services for the zero emission mobility of people and goods “:
  • Mats Rosenquist from Volvo Group
  • Margriet van Schijndel from TU Eindhoven
• Pillar 4 “ LCA and circular economy approaches for sustainable and innovative road mobility solutions “:
  • Thilo Bein from Fraunhofer LBF
  • Gladys Moreac Njeim from Renault Group

The second election renewed the members of the Delegation to the Partnership Board. Delegates to the Partnership Board are elected to bring the association’s voice in the ongoing discussions with the European Commission. Positions were opened in three types of members categories:

• Automotive industry delegates.
  • Simon Edwards from Ricardo
  • Federico Cartasegna from IVECO GROUP
  • Ines Muñoz Sanchez from Applus IDIADA
  • Christoph Stadler from Audi AG
  • Thorsten Burger from Continental
  • Marco Pieve from Piaggio & C.
  • Wissam Dib from IFP Energies Nouvelles
• Smart Systems industry delegate
  • Gorazd Lampič from Elaphe Propulsion Technologies Ltd
• Smart Grid industry delegation
  • Renato Formigari from Iberdrola .

Congratulations to all the new delegates!

Over lunch, we committed to extending our tripartite Collaboration Agreement with the Joint Research Center and BEPA. It is a great milestone, testifying to the collaboration spirit driving the 2Zero work.

In the afternoon, we deep dive into the content of our current and future activities. Andrea Gentili, from European Commission DG R&I, provided all members with a very comprehensive overview of the latest key publications relevant for our community: the competitiveness compass, the next multiannual financial framework, the clean industrial deal and, of course, the Industrial Action Plan for the European automotive sector.
The discussion continued around the tenth framework programme and potential future partnership activities.
We then had the chance to get a short overview of topics to be published in the 2026/2027 Work Programme; ambitious activities will drive the partnership’s work in the last round of topics.
Monitoring and reporting activities, in the frame of the partnership, were reminded to all members, and the General Assembly got an update on the latest development of LeMesurier project, with very promising results on the energy consumption reduction achieved thanks to 2Zero-funded projects.

The General Assembly ended with a presentation of the first activities of the year, including our very successful RTR Conference and an overview of the many activities that will come ahead.
Stay tuned !