Recording of Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | The smarter E Europe 2024 | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 19:44 .

Examining the Evolution and Global Trends in Battery Cell Formats: Insights from Asian Manufacturers and Independent Design Firms

The conversation delves into the development and trends in battery cell formats, emphasizing the evolution within Europe and insights gained from Asian manufacturers. The speaker highlights two key points: celebrating incremental achievements in Europe's own capability to build better batteries, and the importance of global collaboration to avoid past mistakes and accelerate progress. Electroder, an independent cell design company founded as an academic team between 2006-2019 with investment support from Robert Bosch Group among others, focuses on accelerating cell design through software solutions. The company operates primarily in Europe, UK, China, with collaborations extending to Korea. The presentation aims at reviewing the progression of various battery cell formats—cylindrical (round), pouch cells, and prismatic cells—covering their adoption by different regions for mobility applications. Cylindrical cells saw significant use initially by Tesla; however newer designs like Tesla's 4680 are forecasted to drive future growth. Prismatic cells dominate energy storage applications particularly in China where they account for 85% usage today. Key historical developments include Sony's invention leading to cylindrical cells' prominence via Tesla’s implementation and GM’s success with pouch cells boosting their adoption. Companies such as CATL play crucial roles due to extensive efforts developing prismatic shells adapted across major automotive markets like BMW. Overall advancements underscore that understanding regional trends helps lead innovations while aligning product development closely with end-use cases remains critical for market leadership.

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Speaker

Luke Hu
General Manager, Global Business
Electroder
Germany

Talk of session: EV Battery Development

Batteries are at the heart of any electric vehicle. Their design determines the vehicle's range, charging speed, performance in cold weather, fire safety and many other properties. The speed of development has been immense, as new cell chemistries such as LFP, sodium-ion and solid state batteries are pushing into the market. Significant progress has been made with monitoring battery usage with a view to design optimization so that the battery performance is maximized without accelerating the ageing process. In this session, we share insights on the performance of today's vehicle batteries and future technological developments.

Further Talks of this session:

Welcome and Introduction

Speaker

Dr. Christopher Hecht
Data Scientist
ISEA Institute, RWTH Aachen University
Germany

To Talk

Further Development of an Existing Rapid Battery Assessment

Speaker

Andreas Richter
R&D Manager
DEKRA SE

To Talk

AI-Assisted EV Batteries Development and in-Life Monitoring

Speaker

Dr. Jonas Böhm
TWAICE
Germany

To Talk

Next-Gen Battery Strategies 2027+: Potentials and Challenges for Future Battery Designs and Diversification in Product Portfolios to Serve a Large Bandwidth of Market Applications.

Speaker

Markus Hackmann
Managing Director
P3 Group GmbH
Germany

To Talk

Q&A Round

To Talk

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