FINAL CONFERENCE ON THE EU SUBAT STUDY

Wednesday 6 April, 14:00 – 17:00

Room: Bosio

The European Commission is required to provide a report on whether or not to maintain cadmium in the exemption list of Directive 2000/53 on End-of-Life Vehicles. In order to assist the Commission to take an adequate decision, the SUBAT project, coordinated by AVERE, aims to make a comprehensive assessment of commercially available and forthcoming battery technologies.

The SUBAT project started January 2004 and closes end of March 2005, and is funded by the EU Commission 6^th Framework Programme. Through this multidisciplinary approach, SUBAT will provide an overall view of all aspects of the automotive battery market.

The overall structure of the project is deployed in around the following objectives:

1 Analysis of the offer: An exhaustive technical assessment with comparisons of the different technologies available.

2 Analysis of the demand: An economical assessment to determine the viability of the electric vehicle in the market by type of battery.

3 Analysis of the environmental impact: A complete life-cycle analysis resulting in a score indicating the degree to which they are considered to be 'sustainable'.

Although many of the deliverables are confidential, the methodology and the general conclusions will be presented at this conference.

Entrance to this workshop is free.

Pre-registration is required prior to 5.4.2005 at the AVERE booth located D124.