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| Introduction |
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This department specializes in the development of lighweight designs and structures for vehicles driven by electricity or other means, always with a view to exploiting the advantages of composite materials to achieve improved energy-efficiency combined with optimum occupant safety.
Since 1985, the Horlacher vehicle construction dept. has completed numerous electric vehicle development projects and several studies have helped to refute the unfavourable preconceptions - such as
poor range and speed
insufficient safety
unattractive design
no pleasure to drive
facing lightweight (electric) vehicles.
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| The Product |
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| The "product" we sell is our broad experience in the development of lightweight (electric) vehicle concepts. We offer flexible, rapid, high-quality prototype manufacturing, using and testing new processing methods where appropriate.
Horlacher also works together with companies specializing in the following fields:
composite material technology
drivetrain and battery technology for electric vehicles
technical and mechanical engineering
occupant safety
vehicle design and aerodynamics
CAD engineering and documentation
With numerous projects, e.g. range tests, durability tests, design studies,
crash tests and manufacturing concepts, Horlacher has become nationally and internationally renowned. |
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| The following companies and institutions are among Horlacher's customers:
SMUD Sacramento Utility, Sacramento (USA)
BFE, Bundesamt für Energie, Bern (Switzerland)
PANTILA LTD., Bangkok (Thailand)
ETH Zürich, Abteilung Biomechanik, Zürich (Switzerland)
HTL Horw, Projekt Leichthybrid, Horw/Luzern (Switzerland)
Horlacher protects a number of its concepts and designs through patents
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| The public’s growing interest in fuel-saving or even emission-free transport has refocussed attention on lightweight vehicles. What has long been taken for granted in the aircraft, space travel and racing-car industries is now also becoming more interesting for the railcar and vehicle industries. This is the reason why lighter plastics are increasingly being used in vehicle construction.
One of Horlacher’s primary objectives is to demonstrate that light, self-supporting composite vehicle bodies are both practicable and rational to produce, with a view to making them attractive to vehicle manufacturers. In this context, Horlacher has several years’ experience of completing development projects for domestic and foreign private companies and state institutions.
The company enjoys numerous contacts with large car companies, which are cultivated by presentations and an exchange of information.
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Horlacher AG Fiberglass, Güterstrasse 9, CH-4313 Möhlin, Switzerland, Telefon +41 (0)61 851 21 18,
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