Gestamp – ERGO-R (Emissions Reduction via Generative Optimisation and Recycling)  

Cultivating new design methodologies, processes and materials for reduced embodied carbon footprint in product designs. 

The project ERGO-R is focused on identifying how to reduce and eventually eliminate greenhouse gas emissions in vehicle design and production. Studies show that 75% – 80% of embodied carbon footprint is locked into products at the design phase. Gestamp will review design methodologies, manufacturing processes, materials, energy costs, recoverability, reuse, and recyclability to consider the full embedded/embodied carbon cost/impact across a vehicle’s lifetime. This will create a true circular economy for the automotive industry, reducing waste and ensuring optimised, multiple-life reuse to support a net-zero future.