DOMEL ELEKTROMOTORJI IN GOSPODINJSKI APARATI D.O.O.

Their core work

Domel is a Slovenian manufacturer of electric motors and household appliance components — their company name translates literally to "Electric Motors and Household Appliances." In H2020, they have applied their motor engineering capabilities to electric mobility, contributing to the development of in-wheel electric motors for light vehicles and user-centric e-kickscooter drivetrains. Their participation in Innovation Actions (applied R&D, not basic research) confirms they are an industrial company bringing manufacturing expertise and working hardware to research consortia, not an academic partner. They sit at the intersection of precision motor manufacturing and urban e-mobility.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 project (2015-2017), Domel worked on in-wheel motor technology for light electric vehicles — a hardware-heavy, component-level challenge with no recorded thematic keywords beyond the motor itself. By their second project (2021-2023), the framing had shifted entirely toward urban mobility systems: micro-mobility, first/last mile, intermodality, and user-centric design. This suggests Domel has moved from being a pure motor supplier to a participant in the broader e-mobility ecosystem, engaging with the system-level and market-fit questions that surround their components.

Domel appears to be positioning itself as an industrial partner for the urban micro-mobility market — e-scooters, cargo bikes, last-mile solutions — where their motor manufacturing heritage gives them a direct commercial angle beyond pure research participation.

How they like to work

Domel has never led an H2020 project, always joining as a partner — a pattern consistent with a manufacturing company that contributes hardware, prototypes, or component expertise rather than overall project management. With 14 unique partners across just 2 projects, they engage in mid-sized consortia and appear to bring new partners with each project cycle rather than working with the same groups repeatedly. They are a specialist contributor that strengthens consortia needing real industrial grounding in motor technology.

Domel has worked with 14 unique consortium partners across 6 countries in two projects, indicating consistent engagement with European multi-partner consortia. No geographic concentration is evident from the data, but their Slovenian base places them within the Central European industrial corridor.

What sets them apart

Domel is a rare combination in H2020: an established industrial manufacturer — not a startup or research lab — with direct motor production capability and a track record in applied e-mobility projects. Unlike university partners who study drivetrains, Domel can build them, making them the kind of industrial anchor that turns a research consortium into a credible market-ready project. Their move into micro-mobility is timely given the rapid growth of that market across European cities.

Highlights from their portfolio

• GEM in-wheel
  Their largest project by EC funding (EUR 661,658) and the one that established their EU R&D credentials, focused on in-wheel motor technology — a technically demanding application at the heart of electric vehicle design.
• DREEM
  Signals a strategic pivot: from component-level motor work to full e-kickscooter systems and business model design, showing Domel engaging with market and user dimensions beyond pure engineering.