Advanced Automotive Battery Conferences

Session 5:
Electric-Vehicle Technology and Infrastructure: Progress and Challenges

While the largest obstacle to the expansion of vehicle electrification clearly relates to the difficulty for battery technology to compete with the simple device it means to replace--the gasoline tank--there are other notable technological, commercial, and logistic issues. In this session, EV developers and related stakeholders will discuss plans to meet technological and commercial challenges for vehicle electrification, including cost, charging rate, and grid integration, as well as infrastructure, logistics, and the impact on the environment.

Dr. Mohrdieck has been Director of Fuel Cell & Battery Drive Development at the Daimler AG Group Research and Advanced Engineering Division since 2005. He joined Daimler-Benz Research in 1989 and became responsible for Research and Technology. In 1999 he became Senior Manager of Fuel Cell Systems with DaimlerChrysler in the USA. Back in Germany, he was appointed Director of Structural Materials and, in 2003, Director of Alternative Energy and Drive Systems.

1. Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles: Requirements and Current Status
   Christian Mohrdieck, Director Fuel Cell & Battery Drive Development, Daimler AG
2. Energy Consumption and GHG Emissions of Alternative Drive Trains
   Joerg Wind, Manager EC Projects and Energy Systems Analyses, Daimler AG
3. Battery R&D Programs in the EU and Germany
   Gerd Schumacher, Program Manager, Project Management Juelich
4. Energy Storage System for a Small Concept EV Including an Electrochemical Range Extender
   Andreas Jossen, Professor, University of Munich
5. Lithium Metal Polymer: Performance and Design for Paris EV Project Autolib
   Eric Planchais, Electrical Vehicle Project Manager, Bolloré Group