BEV Goes eHighway

BEE Final Event successful

Gordon Witham — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:29:22 +0000

On December 9, 2025, after four years, the time had come: the final event of our project took place at the Institute for Automotive Engineering in Aachen. In addition to technical presentations from the project, we were able to welcome additional speakers from research and industry. Alongside the presentation program, there was an opportunity to […]

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Save the Date – BEE Final Event

Gordon Witham — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 15:23:54 +0000

After exciting years of research and development, we would like to conclude this journey together and cordially invite you to the final event of our project “BEV Goes E-Highway – BEE” on December 9th 2025 at 9:30 a.m. at the Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika) at Steinbachstr. 7, 52074 Aachen. You can look forward to […]

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Event – “Willi” presented at ELIV in Bonn

Gordon Witham — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:47:10 +0000

Our research vehicle “Willi” was presented in October at the VDI conference “Electronics in Vehicles – ELIV” in front of the World Conference Center in Bonn. At the same time, our colleague Theo Koch gave a presentation on “Holistic Operation Optimization for Mixed Commercial Vehicle Fleets,” in which he introduced a method developed in the […]

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ATZ/MTZ article on the BEE project

Gordon Witham — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:23:46 +0000

The July issue of ATZworldwide featured an article by Gordon Witham, Clemens Niderée, Thilo Londong, and Benedikt Siemons presenting the latest results of our BEE project. The article focused on the overall concept for retrofitting battery-electric trucks for dynamic charging from an overhead line. Article at Springer (Paywall)

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“Maja” at the automotive laboratory for students

Gordon Witham — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:21:33 +0000

We were delighted to provide our “Maja” to the automotive laboratory at the Institute for Automotive Engineering at RWTH Aachen University in June. The automotive laboratory is an event for students who want to reinforce their theoretical knowledge of basic vehicle technology with practical skills. This gave them the opportunity to gain their first experience […]

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Test drives on the ELISA eHighway

Gordon Witham — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:24:46 +0000

In June, we were back on the A5 in Frankfurt, conducting further test drives on the eHighway of the ELISA project. This time, we were driving in convoy for the first time with our two vehicles, “Maja” and “Willi,” and were able to collect a lot of measurement data under perfect weather conditions. The aim […]

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Event – Mechanical Engineering Day

Gordon Witham — Mon, 26 May 2025 10:43:40 +0000

In May, RWTH Aachen University’s Mechanical Engineering Day, organized by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, took place on the Melaten campus. Of course, the research vehicles from our project were also there! Interested visitors were able to learn firsthand what BEV Goes eHighway is all about and see the practical implementation of our work.

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Event – Network Meeting for the Overhead Line Projects

Gordon Witham — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:35:58 +0000

On December 11th, our team co-organized the “Networking Meeting for Overhead Line Projects” in Frankfurt, bringing together over 100 participants to discuss the future of overhead line technology. Our project leader Gordon Witham presented our project and showcased our retrofitted battery-electric truck “Willi”. The event featured workshops on the field trial results, a plenary session […]

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First test drive at ELISA

Gordon Witham — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:56:53 +0000

The first drives on the ELISA overhead line test track have been completed. Lotte Wagner-Douglas and Gordon Witham have covered the first kilometres under the overhead line on the A5 between Frankfurt and Darmstadt. In addition to collecting measurement data in public road traffic, the aim was also to carry out a pre-test for the […]

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‘Willi’ fully wrapped and ready for further test drives

Gordon Witham — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:28:17 +0000

Our ‘Willi’ now shines in a new design! Our vehicle designers have created a customised wrap that is based on the project design and visually highlights the innovative technology behind the vehicle. With the vehicle wrapping, the conversion of ‘Willi’ is now complete and the vehicle is ready for the next test phase. The next […]

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