E-CORE – Innovation Lab

“Cleaning Up the Big Rigs: Europe’s Heavy-Duty Electrification Challenge”

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Over the past three years, the E-CORE project has been advancing solutions for a sustainable, electrified freight corridor connecting Rotterdam with Budapest — exploring technical, legal, economic, and organisational pathways to decarbonise heavy goods transport across Europe.

Join us as we present the results on dynamic charging, share key insights, and discuss the implications for future policy, collaboration, and decarbonised transport infrastructure in Europe.

The Innovation Lab will take place on 24 November 2026 from 13.00 (doors open at 12.30 for registration) at the BBH premises (Becker Büttner Held, Magazinstraße 15-16, 10179 Berlin-Mitte). The event will be conducted in English.

Online participation will be available for all official parts of the event with the exception of the poster sessions. The dial-in information will be sent to online participants shortly before the event.

Following the closing remarks, we warmly invite you to a get-together to continue the discussion in an informal setting.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Agenda

12.30Registration & Poster Session
13.00Welcome Remarks
13.20Presentation
“E-CORE: An Holistic Corridor Concept for Europe”
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Lehmann, University of Applied Science Erfurt (FHE), Erfurt, Germany
13.40Keynote Presentations
“Heavy-Duty Electrification at Crossroads: Perspectives from France, Canada, China and India”
Invited speakers:
  • Prof. Bernard Jacob, Gustave Eiffel University, Champs-sur-Marne, France (tbc)
  • Prof. Diego Ramirez Cardona, Eng., Ph.D., École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Montreal, Canada
  • Prof. David Cebon ScD, FREng., University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
14.40Coffee Break & Poster Session
15.15Interview & Panel Discussion
“The Road Ahead: Europe’s Electrified Transport Infrastructure in 2030 and Beyond”
16.45Closing Remarks
17.00Get-Together

Contact

IKEM – Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility e.V.

Project

E-CORE

E-CORE studies the requirements for the construction of an electrified corridor between Rotterdam and Budapest for heavy goods vehicles.

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