The SEC Doctoral Network welcomes Niklas Legnedahl from CEVT for a Network Webinar on “Zeekr Charging experience, with the User and Energy in focus, how to pioneer the fast-growing EV market. What role do CEVT and SEC play, and why are you as researchers so important to us?”.

The innovation journey – from idea to product

CEVT’s new Energy & Charging concept where user needs & wants are prioritized.
The method of starting with what to solve/achieve is not new but not common within automotive, bottom up from technology is dominating here. We have instead put the user in the center to ensure that the solution fits their needs.
The journey to reach this started 7 years ago with an idea and a design thinking methodology that later became yet another methodology, the journey includes several innovation projects along the way. The innovation projects have involved SEC projects as well as startups through Mobility Xlabs, all to broaden our horizon when it comes to more user-optimized functionality.
This will not tell a complete success story, instead, it will end up with struggles along the way when trying to introduce something new in an industry that is not famous for bold decisions. This is also where SEC and especially your PhDs come in and contribute a lot with the in-depth technical studies and long-term perspective.

Who is Niklas Legnedahl

After completing a master’s in industrial electronics at Luleå Tekniska Universitet, the career started in the “real” High Voltage area at ABB Network Partner AB in Västerås 1997 with electronics development. Next stop – Ericsson Microwave Systems, with the aim of the world’s first WCDMA base station, working with electronics and FPGA development for 3years. New challenges led to the automotive industry and AB Volvo 2001, which was electrifying itself a first time where the SW and electronics development started to dominate. Later when the second electrification started, around 2009, the Electromobility department opened a new opportunity and it led to 8years as ESS Technical expert with several battery launches as well as new energy concepts. In 2017 the road was paved to CEVT to evolve as a functional architect creating new EV functionalities and experiences.

CEVT – China Europe Vehicle Technology – For a different tomorrow

CEVT is the European R&D center for ZEEKR, located in the Lindholmen area of Gothenburg, Sweden’s automotive technology hub. Established in 2013, the business began with the mission of creating a revolutionary vehicle architecture, CMA, designed with full scalability to accommodate a wide range of drive systems and technology solutions. The CMA platform has since been used in over 2 million vehicles globally.

ZEEKR is the newest luxury EV brand from the Geely Group. The company is committed to driving the future of transportation with cutting-edge technology and a customer-centric approach.

CEVT has evolved to become a hub renowned for mobility innovation, recently developing the fully electric modular SEA-M architecture, purpose-built for shared autonomous use. The first vehicle on the platform was launched jointly by ZEEKR and Waymo in 2022.
We are here to make mobility enjoyable, smart, and sustainable. Powered by world-class engineering expertise, innovation ability, and speed, CEVT is at the forefront of mobility technology.

Our core values and guiding stars are:
• Think big
• Find a way
• Inspire

Date        8 November

Time       13:00-14:00

Where     Teams – the Teams link will be sent by e-mail after registration is closed.

The last day for registration is 6 November at 13:00.

If you are an employee (not a PhD student) at one of SEC’s partners and would like to join this lunch webinar, please sign up below to get the Outlook invite and link.

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