Going beyond

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Overview

We do not inherit the earth from our fathers, we are borrowing it from our children.

Ancient Maasai saying

 

We were born with a dream, a very clear vision, and over time our dream is to go further, to go beyond. Beyond the Automotive industry, beyond the current state of affairs, beyond our own limits. The final destination is an Earth that has rediscovered its original purity and can give humankind new energy.

This future world will involve an extensive process of urbanization. By 2030, cities will contain at least one billion new residents and their life expectancy will be longer. Cities will become smarter, connected, sustainable and “clever”.

 

The reduction in CO2 emissions will be a major priority, we will produce greater amounts of clean energy from sources of renewable energy and we will develop smart materials that can react to the external world and work to counteract pollution.
The air that we breathe will, for this, be better.

In the city of the future, a great revolution will take place: the revolution of mobility and transport.
Mobility will progressively be seen as a service, and it will be characterized by several great trends: vehicle electrification, shared mobility, self-driving cars and connected mobility.

We believe that is possible to build a better world, in which new technologies will have to be at the service of humankind, without taking the upper hand. 

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Mobility

The future starts
from what we do today
to better what was left unfinished yesterday.

Today, humankind needs to move around more safely and in a more sustainable way, and all the technological means are there to make this possible. The current revolution of technology and thought will change the way we live and travel.

Vehicle electrification, shared mobility, self-driving cars and connected mobility will transform mobility from how we know it.

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AI/Robotization

Beyond our limits in calculation and analysis and towards scientific progress:
technology learns from humans, and so can simplify processes, store data and forecast reality.

On the horizon is the fourth industrial revolution, with all production processes becoming robotized and interconnected. 

Self-driving cars became possible through artificial intelligence applied to mobility. These vehicles are able to select the best route, see any obstacles in their way and react to the external world without people interfering.

Robotization and artificial intelligence are at the service of humankind, but they must not be allowed to take the upper hand. People are the ultimate custodians of the values and ethical direction of technology.

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Smart materials

All the matter we are made of was built by the stars, all the elements from hydrogen to uranium have been made in nuclear reactions that occur in supernovae, that is those stars, much bigger than the Sun, which at the end of their existence explode and scatter into space the result of all the nuclear reactions that occurred within them. So we are truly children of the stars.

Margherita Hack

We dream of travelling from macrocosm materials to microcosm materials, and back again. We dream of going beyond physical barriers, of researching and developing smart materials that offer solutions for a life respectful of Nature.
Materials are the means and, at the same time, the end of a pathway of intimate knowledge. In the future, they will come alive to perform new functions and follow an exciting technological trend that goes under the name of smart materials.

Smart materials can be the key to sustainable technological progress. They are the outcome of highly evolved technologies and intense laboratory research, since smart materials are intelligent nanomaterials that react to their surroundings. Not only do they not pollute, they can also offset the negative effects of “progress” on the environment. They are materials that react to changes in their surroundings by modifying one or more of their features (ranging across the mechanical, optical, electric, magnetic, chemical and thermal spheres).
A material’s adaptability is first of all measured according to its capacity to exploit natural resources, or to react to environmental inputs more or less autonomously, and so reproduce, at least in part, the strategies typically employed in the animal and human kingdom and so react to external conditions in a nearly biological manner.

Eldor develops associated materials and technologies that concentrate on thermal management, on weight reduction and on the materials’ ability to be responsive, that is, to adapt to their surroundings and modify their status, so that the object and the environment become one, vibrating at the same frequency.
The development of materials takes place in conjunction with the development of design. Design and materials are two distinct worlds, but they have close links and are equally important in moulding the physical world around us. Design creates products and products are made of materials. Design gives functions to products and materials are chosen and shaped to incorporate those functions in the best possible way.

When talking about research and development for automotive materials, most of Eldor’s efforts go into developing and utilizing materials that make cars weigh less. Cars have become substantially heavier over the past three decades because of all the extra safety measures required and their higher specifications (such as air conditioning). Forcing this curve downwards to reduce car weight and comply with upcoming legislations on emissions is a massive challenge. Powertrains are most effective way to achieve the latter, but reducing weight can also help. Studies indicate that a 10% reduction in mass can give a benefit of between 3% and 7% less fuel used, depending on the car and driving cycle. The effect is greatest with more efficient engines in terms of fuel consumption and smaller size. On average, a reduction in weight of 100 kg delivers -10 gr CO2/km.

The Automotive industry is always on the go, it is a fast-paced world in constant evolution and improvement. Eldor moves in unison with this world, studying, designing and implementing new materials whose very purpose is sustainability and the reduction of environmental impact.

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Clean energy

Eldor dreams of better technology, a technology that produces clean energy and does not pollute our sky and our earth.
Today, as never before, humankind needs a cleaner world, one that is more committed to reducing CO2 emissions.

Today, we can use sustainable and renewable energy sources that let us produce clean air.

Their impact on the environment is very low, and helps to reduce global warming and improve quality of life.

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Defect free factory

No defects, no claims against quality or logistics, no technical problems.

We dream of being an “invisible” partner in the eyes of the customers we supply.
In Industry 4.0, sensors and actuators allow us to go from the concept of “production line” to that of a “network of production lines” interconnected with each other. The production process can be monitored at all times, becoming transparent, reliable and efficient.

Smart factories, with their reduction in waste, defects and interruptions, will allow eco-sustainable production processes to become a reality.

Industry 4.0 provides the means to travel further, beyond our world of today, to reach the peak of quality and transform products into unblemished masterpieces to place in the hands of our partners.