The objective of HI-QUAD is the development of technologies for the fabrication of an innovative four whiles vehicle for urban mobility. This vehicle will have an hybrid power train.   
The CNR-IMM of Bologna and Catania are involved in the design and fabrication by batch planar technologies of a micro-sensor for high pressure based on a silicon carbide (SiC) material. Such a sensor has to be adapt to monitoring the pressure variation inside a cylinder during a single combustion cycle and should have a reasonable cost and life time.

Fundung Scheme: Industry 2015 – Sustainable Mobility by the Italian Ministry  of Development

Consortium
Industrial Partners: EDA Industries S.p.A., TECHNOS REAT AEROSPACE - Consorzio Ricerca e Sviluppo Nuove Tecnologie, CGS S.p.A. Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio, PICCHIO S.p.A., Bylogix S.r.l.
Academic Partners: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Microelettrica e i Microsistemi, sezioni di Bologna e Catania, Consorzio SCIRE, H2CU CENTRO INTERUNIVERSITARIO DI FORMAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE

Project Coordinator:
EDA Industries S.p.A.
Via dell'Elettronica n. snc
Cittaducale (RI)
Italia

IMM Project Coordinator:
Dr. Roberta Nipoti