Solid state batteries could be a game changer for EVs. But they’re still several years away from being production ready. What are the roadblocks to overcome? Rashid Farahati, the director of engineering at Schaeffler, explains what’s holding them up, and how they’re overcoming it. … [Read more...] about Knocking Down The Roadblocks to Solid State Batteries – The Battery Show 2023
Packaging Solutions For Any Kind of Battery Cell – The Battery Show 2023
Pouch, prismatic or cylindrical? Celanese doesn’t care what kind of battery cell an automaker wants to use. It’s got a family of polymers to make battery packs that can accommodate an kind of cell shape. Better still it has heating and cooling solutions that can be incorporated directly into the pack design. Tom Kelly, the SVP of Engineered Materials at Celanese presents their … [Read more...] about Packaging Solutions For Any Kind of Battery Cell – The Battery Show 2023
Avoiding A Thermal Event With High Voltage Bidirectional Contactors – The Battery Show 2023
Safety is a big concern with EVs. Automakers want to do anything they can to prevent a thermal event in electric vehicles. So Schaltbau came up with a novel way to make high voltage DC to DC bidirectional contactors. Carolyn Sauer, the director of business development, explains how Schaltbau’s bidirectional contactors are different from anyone else’s. … [Read more...] about Avoiding A Thermal Event With High Voltage Bidirectional Contactors – The Battery Show 2023
Getting Ready For Robots To Charge Electric Cars – The Battery Show 2023
Plugging in an electric car is easy breezy. But what if you’re running fleets of autonomous electric cars and there’s no one there to plug it in? That’s why Forvia-Hella developed the tech to have charge ports on cars automatically open when they pull into a charging station. That way a robot can plug it in. Timo Krokowski, the vice president of program management at … [Read more...] about Getting Ready For Robots To Charge Electric Cars – The Battery Show 2023
On-Shoring Synthetic Graphite For US Battery Production – The Battery Show 2023
Anovion is a relatively new company that makes synthetic graphite for battery production in the US. The company was started before the Infrastructure Act or Inflation Reduction Act, but it’s timing couldn’t be better. Chip Dunn, the Chairman and co-founder of the company, talks about how they’re ramping up production so North American battery manufacturers can source their … [Read more...] about On-Shoring Synthetic Graphite For US Battery Production – The Battery Show 2023
