As electric cars are powered by heavy-weight batteries, car manufacturers and suppliers must search for new lightweight technologies to compensate for this excess weight in other car components. These technologies can directly contribute to improving vehicle efficiency in terms of kWh consumed per km and vehicle range, and to reduce the environmental impact. To tackle this challenge, the LEVIS consortium, formed by thirteen industrial and research partners from seven countries, is developing cost-effective lightweight components for electric vehicles using eco-design and circular approaches. The consortium will be using multi-material solutions based on carbon fiber thermoplastic composites optimally integrated with metals, which will be produced using cost-effective and scalable manufacturing technologies. Thanks to their outstanding specific mechanical properties, these composites properly combined with metals are ideally suited for lightweight applications. The combination of these developments will allow us to obtain lightweight, cost-effective and eco-friendly components without compromising their mechanical performance, structural integrity and reliability, even improving their service life. Check out a demonstrator being manufactured with an RTM process at AIMEN!