rev2025 – 2nd Resource Efficient Vehicles Conference

The 2nd Resource Efficient Vehicles Conference (rev2025), held from September 23–25, 2025, in Graz, Austria, brought together experts from academia, industry, and public agencies. It served as a platform for discussing innovative research centered on the conference theme Enabling Circular and Decarbonized Vehicle and Transport Solutions. The conference was structured around five key topics, ranging from sustainable design in the early stages of vehicle development, transforming the transportation system, and digitalization for sustainable transport solutions, to the role of societal perspectives in sustainable transport systems. The electronic proceedings of rev2025 serve as a repository of the presented contributions. The structure of the proceedings is based on the conference program.

From the content: Preface | Scientific board | Keynote speakers | An innovative and sustainable battery case design made from wood, steel and cork (Georg Baumann, Markus Wagner, Harald Sehrschön, Patricia Caleffa, Thomas Krenke, Alexander Harrich,
Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind, Florian Feist) | Design for disassembly: The influence of EV battery pack designs on environmental impact and circularity beyond the first life cycle (Tasya Oka, Maximilian Schinagl, Paul Krassnitzer, Markus Fasching, Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind, Tobias Stern) | The potential of reducing greenhouse gas emissions of lithium-ion battery production in different geographic scenarios (Christoph Brandner and Mario Hirz) | Influence of early-stage design choices on the environmental
performance of repurposed lithium-ion batteries (Anna Spindlegger, Aleksander Jandric, Ricardo Gabbay De Souza, Stefanie Prenner, Florian Part) Promoting Electrification of Regional Rail Transport through Shared Charging Infrastructure with Road Vehicles (Amir Torkiharchegani, Mats Alaküla, Francisco J. Márquez-Fernández, Libor Lochman, Rickard Persson, Martin Tunér, Christoffer Ahrling, Marcel Scharmach) | Exploring the landscape of circularity indicators: A systematic review with focus on nano- and micro indicators for the assessment of biobased materials and products (Paul Krassnitzer, Johanna Fank, Tasya Oka, Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind) | Multi-Regional Input-Output analysis to improve Resource Efficiency in traction battery value chains (Julius Ott) | Launching circular pilot lines in the Meuse-Rhine region to boost circularity of electric vehicle production (Bert Dexters, Nataliya Babych, Mohammad M. Alam, Xiao Ma, Philip Eyckens) | The energy consumption of a heavy-duty ground vehicle subjected to extreme crosswind (Tural Tunay, Lars Drugge, Ciarán J. O’Reilly) | Advanced high-temperature PEM fuel cells for heavy-duty applications: Performance, sustainability and life cycle assessment insights from the MEAsureD project (Max Triebel, Anja Rammer, Moritz Duft, Nikolas Theodoropoulos, Emory De Castro, George Paloumpis, Johann Bachler-Udier) | A life cycle optimization framework for heavy-duty vehicles: Conceptualization and use cases (Nicolas J. Katzer, Josef-Peter Schöggl, Rupert J. Baumgartner) | Investigation of new ion-pair-based membranes for carbon-neutral propulsion of heavy-duty vehicles (Heiko Luis Hirschmann, Florian Tritscher, Nikolas Theodoropoulos, Viktor Hacker, Vasiliki Zogali, George Paloumpis, Emory De Castro, Merit Bodner) | From literature to practice: Understanding researcher perspectives towards social issues in digital battery passports (Martina Zimek, Katharina Berger, Julius Ott) | Digital vehicle passports for circular value chains: preliminary concept and use cases (Katharina Berger, Rupert J. Baumgartner) | Digital Battery Passport: Driver for a Sustainable E-Mobility (Martin Rothbart and Udo Schulz) | Digital product passport concept for an aluminum bike frame: A case study to enhance circularity and sustainability (Tom Kenntner, Nicola Obermeier, Emma Pittino, Klara Schilcher, Julius Ott, Katharina Berger) | Impact of normative loads and conventions on car body weight and structure for a rural rail vehicle (Christian Gomes Alves, Thomas Müller, Jens König) | Resource efficient regional train facilitated by single-axle running gears (Rickard Persson, Prasidya Wikaranadhi, Sebastian Stichel) | Comparison of integrated functions in a multifunctional sandwich composite rail car body (Péter Bondár, Per Wennhage Malin Åkermo, Sebastian Stichel) | Analysing the impact of motor design on inverter thermal behaviour using network-based sensitivity analysis (Sai Kausik Abburu, Ciarán J. O’Reilly, Carlos Casanueva) | Optimizing energy consumption of regional trains through speed adjustment: a seasonal and regional perspective (Amir Torkiharchegani, Marcel Scharmach, Mats Alaküla, Rickard Persson, Libor Lochman, Christoffer Ahrling, Martin Tunér) | Assessing climate neutrality and circularity potentials - A LCA case study on city buses (Gerfried Jungmeier, Jarod Kelly, Nikolas Hill and Partners) | A techno-economic assessment of battery-electric and fuel cell electric powertrain systems for the transformation of the heavy-duty transport (Tobias Otto, Thomas Grube, Jochen Linßen, Detlef Stolten) | Environmental and socio-economic potentials of automated cars on the European passenger car fleet (Thu Trang Nguyen, Mario Hirz) | Hybrid Modelling for Second-Life Battery Optimization in Light Electric Vehicles (Andrés Bernabeu-Santisteban, Alejandro Clemente, Bernhard C. Geiger, Franz M. Rohrhofer, Francisco Díaz-González, Lluís Trilla) | Social life cycle assessment of battery electric vehicle following ISO 14075 standard (Davis Jose, Marzia Traverso) | Optimizing energy use in electric vehicles: A comparative study of optimization methods (Wilmer Liljenström, Malte Rothhämel) | Data-driven prediction of the viability of remanufacturing for heavy-duty vehicle components (Johan Larsson, Michael Lieder, Josef-Peter Schöggl, Ciarán J.O’Reilly) | From customer usage to a sustainable product offering through digitalization (Neda Abdolrashidi, Fredrik Öijer) | Enhancing energy efficiency and environmental sustainability through regional battery-powered train energy transfer systems (Amir Torkiharchegani, Mats Alaküla, Christoffer Ahrling, Martin Tunér, Libor Lochman, Marcel Scharmach, Rickard Persson) | Automated train preparation and operation: A target costing based approach for a regional line in Germany (Alessa Isberner, Florian Brinkmann, Justin Adam, Raphael Hofstädter) | Advancing the quantification of tyre wear and particulate emissions on an outer drum test bed: challenges and laboratory solutions (Ludwig Schubert, Maria Alejandra Arias Torres, Daniel Heuberger, Matthias Ehrenhuber, Cornelia Lex) | Overcoming institutional barriers in socio-technical transitions: The case of ship electrification project (Anastasia Tsvetkova, Magnus Gustafsson, Henry Schwartz, Magnus Hellström) | User Roles for Circular Product Development Software (Marie Schwahn, Thomas Potinecke, Lukas Block, Sebastian Stegmüller, Ann Kathrin Briem, Martin Musser) | Mind the gap: An in-depth analysis of methodological frameworks for integrating environmental criteria in MEAT-based public tenders for metro rolling stock platforms (Kevin Lukas Kulle) | Estimating potentials and trade-offs of material utilization in automotive applications (Milica Savanovic, Theresa Boiger, Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind) | Design-to-CO2 with OPED: AI-powered design optimisation of electric powertrains (Dominik Lechleitner, Martin Hofstetter) | Social consequences of replacing steel or aluminium in automotive applications (Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind, Theresa Boiger, Raphael Asada, Tobias Stern) | Guiding the research on bio-based supercapacitors towards a socially viable value chain development (Hanna Sofia Leiter, Daniela Groiss-Fuertner, Treesa Chinju Charamkulath Vincent, Franziska Hesser) | Exploring the acceptance of shared follow-me delivery robots: An extended UTAUT2 approach (Viktoria Schett, Nina Hampl) | Discrete choice analysis of travel behaviour in Austria (Saumya Sadhu) | Leveraging driving simulator advances in early phase vehicle development - Partitioning of vehicle states for enhanced motion feedback (Henrik Hvitfedt, Jenny Jerrelind, Lars Drugge) | Towards an approach to road cargo system-of-systems modelling (Per-Olof H. Sturesson, Ciarán J. O’Reilly) | Optimising the configuration of a double-decker sleeping car from Germany to the Mediterranean – squaring the circle (Aaron Paz Martinez, Nicolai Schmauder, Robert Winkler-Höhn, Dieter Kobel) | Sustainable product development framework: Early-stage integration from components to product sustainability – speed pedelec case study (Davod Habibinia, Zafer Zeren, Bieke Decraemer, Nataliya Babych, Jan Stroobants) | Supporters | Programme overview