Cambridge EnerTech’s

xEV Battery Technology, Application, and Market

Driving the Future Growth of Electric Vehicles Globally

21-22 June 2023



With the significant expansion of vehicle electrification across the globe, automakers are scrambling to develop the vehicles that will not only meet the upcoming stringent emission regulations, but also attract customers and provide viable financial return. In addition, to meet the automakers requirements, the industry must deliver on lower costs, higher energy densities, fast charging, as well as safety and durability. This conference will address the trends, challenges and opportunities that will drive future growth and how the key players are achieving success.

Wednesday, 21 June

Registration Open12:40

Organizer's Remarks14:30

Craig Wohlers, Executive Director, Conferences, Cambridge EnerTech

MARKET EXPANSION OF xEVs AND THEIR BATTERIES

14:35

Chairperson's Remarks

Arnold Lamm, PhD, Founder & Executive Director, E-Mobility, e-Technologies GmbH

14:40 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:

PowerCo Strategy and Product Development Status

Soonho Ahn, PhD, CTO, PowerCo SE

This presentation will cover the PowerCo's product development status and market strategy.

15:00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:

Battery Technologies for Automotive Applications - Trends and Challenges

Peter Lamp, PhD, Head, Research Battery Technology, BMW Group

This presentation will cover BMW’s development strategy on the next and future generation battery cells.

15:20 Accelerate Cell Qualification with The Battery Index

Mark Willey, Senior Vice President, Customer Success & Partnerships, Voltaiq, Inc

Qualifying cells is key to developing state-of-the-art electrified vehicle platforms which demand cutting-edge technologies to stay competitive. We provide an agile framework OEMs can use to accelerate their cell qualification process, enabling them to reach product launch timelines with the most competitive and highly performant new technologies available. We also provide a case study exemplifying the utility of the database in accelerating engineering and engineering design decisions for the automotive industry.

15:40 MODERATED Q&A:

Session Wrap-Up

PANEL MODERATOR:

Arnold Lamm, PhD, Founder & Executive Director, E-Mobility, e-Technologies GmbH

PANELISTS:

Peter Lamp, PhD, Head, Research Battery Technology, BMW Group

Mark Willey, Senior Vice President, Customer Success & Partnerships, Voltaiq Inc.

Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing16:00

16:30

xEV Batteries Go Circular – An Update

Roland Matthé, Technical Fellow, Global Battery Systems; Manager, Electrical Architecture, Stellantis

Stellantis is progressing in the transformation towards electric propulsion. Progress in battery cell and pack performance is made. Increasing production volumes will result in significant increase in the demand on raw materials and will require reuse of materials recovered in battery recycling when batteries have reached end-of-life. As sustainability is the driver for electrification, all steps along the process need to be evaluated and optimized. This presentation will address sustainability as a goal, battery material options, battery refurbishment, progressing regulation and Circular economy.

16:50

Understanding and Analyzing Battery Pack Energy Density

Andy Oury, Engineering Technical Leader, Battery Packs, General Motors

When engineering or benchmarking complex systems, it’s critical to focus on the right metrics. This is no less true with battery design than with anything else. Because cells are the basic building blocks of any battery system, it’s easy for teams to focus on cell-level metrics only, losing the focus on what’s really important, which is fully-integrated pack and vehicle metrics. Mr. Oury will discuss the different transfer functions that incrementally reduce cell-level energy density as cells are integrated into modules and packs, and will propose a method for energy density benchmarking across disparate battery designs.

17:10 MODERATED Q&A:

Session Wrap-Up

PANEL MODERATOR:

Arnold Lamm, PhD, Founder & Executive Director, E-Mobility, e-Technologies GmbH

PANELISTS:

Roland Matthé, Technical Fellow, Global Battery Systems; Manager, Electrical Architecture, Stellantis

Andy Oury, Engineering Technical Leader, Battery Packs, General Motors

Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing (Sponsorship Opportunity Available)17:50

Close of Day19:00

Thursday, 22 June

Registration and Morning Coffee08:00

Organizer's Remarks08:40

Craig Wohlers, Executive Director, Conferences, Cambridge EnerTech

MARKET EXPANSION OF xEVs AND THEIR BATTERIES

08:45

Chairperson's Remarks

Roland Matthé, Technical Fellow, Global Battery Systems; Manager, Electrical Architecture, Stellantis

08:50 Lithium-Metal-Polymer Solid-State Batteries for Automotive Applications

Sofia Perticarari, Electrochemistry Innovations Manager, Blue Solutions

Solid electrolyte batteries are foreseen as a key innovation in order to support electrification and an always growing in-vehicle energy density. This ultimately translates for EV owners to higher autonomies. Satisfying customers also mean achieving  fast-charging system and allowing wide temperature range operation. The presentation will disclose the current development status of Blue Solutions which is on the path of delivering a breakthrough for EVs with its GEN4 cells. Based on a 12-year industrial experience and with more than 3 million cells produced, Blue Solutions allies real field experience with advanced research into bringing the right product, to the passenger mobility, by the end of the decade.

09:10

10 Years of Automotive Battery Cell Design – A Statistical and Market Analysis

Christoph Neef, PhD, Senior Scientist, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI

Automotive LIB cells have undergone major advancements on all levels, from materials to cell structure in the last years. Based on a unique database on vehicle sales and EV battery properties, we present a statistical analysis of the last 10 years of EV battery market, showing developments in the most important cell design parameters like cell format and energy density leading to cutting edge concepts like 4680 cylindrical or large cell-to-pack type prismatic cells.

09:30

Impacts of the New EU Batteries Regulation on the Development of the Battery Eco-System in Europe

Pau Sanchis, Senior EU Affairs & Policy Manager, Eurobat, Association of European Automotive and Industrial Battery Manufacturers

For the past two years, the trilogue of the European Institutions has been negotiating the legislation that will regulate the whole life cycle of a battery for the next decade. A piece of legislation that was labeled by the European Commission as the new “Environmental legislation 2.0."  Finally, co-legislators have agreed to ambitious targets and tight timelines for the collection of batteries, material recovery, and recycling efficiencies that will have a considerable impact on the industry. Hence, it is of paramount importance the analysis of the outcome of the Batteries Regulation legislative process and its impact for the industry.

09:50

The European Battery Value Chain: Status, Opportunities and Challenges, with Natural Resources and Policy in Focus.

Ilka Von Dalwigk, Policy Manager, European Battery Alliance

Europe leads the world on environmental reform, through the EU’s taxonomy to reduce CO2 emissions by 55% in 2030 vs. 1990 and a net zero 2050 target, with the European Green Deal’s €1.8 trillion of finance supporting an energy transition needed to reach them. Electrification of energy supply requires storage, and batteries are part of the solution. So far, €127 billion has been invested across the value chain with ~80GWh of capacity in 2022 expected to grow to exceed 1TWh by 2030. The new EU Battery Regulation promotes transparency, sustainability and circularity, benefitting European customers and the environment, meaning rapid market growth doesn’t come with negative impact. Such significant targets, however, creates challenges, especially in a newly emerging market with strong reliance on mined natural resource use. This presentation will address the European battery industry status and outlook, and its opportunities and challenges, with a policy context.

10:10 MODERATED Q&A:

Session Wrap-Up

PANEL MODERATOR:

Roland Matthé, Technical Fellow, Global Battery Systems; Manager, Electrical Architecture, Stellantis

PANELISTS:

Christoph Neef, PhD, Senior Scientist, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI

Pau Sanchis, Senior EU Affairs & Policy Manager, Eurobat, Association of European Automotive and Industrial Battery Manufacturers

Ilka Von Dalwigk, Policy Manager, European Battery Alliance

Sofia Perticarari, Electrochemistry Innovations Manager, Blue Solutions

Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing10:30

xEV BATTERY TECHNOLOGY

11:05

New Requirements and New Solutions for Multi-Functional Venting Units

Michael Harenbrock, PhD, Principal Expert, Engineering Electric Mobility, MANN+HUMMEL GmbH

Multi-functional venting units are essential components in holistic battery safety concepts, enabling pressure equalization between pack interior and environment in regular operation, as well as effective overpressure release during thermal runaway, even  reducing the risk of battery fires. With an increasing variety in battery pack designs and cell chemistries, the functionality of venting units must be adapted accordingly. This presentation will show current trends and solutions in venting unit engineering.

11:25

Fast Charging Meets No-Thermal-Propagation Requirements: Concepts for New Cell Technologies, High Performance Cooling, and Thermal Propagation-Safe Design

Bernhard Brunnsteiner, PhD, Chief Engineer, Simulation & Digital Svcs, AVL List GmbH

Current and future battery developments are facing amongst others the following two main challenges: thermal safety and fast charging capability. On the one hand, this is driven by cell selection to ensure high charging capability on cell level while understanding and anticipating the cell hazard behavior for development. On the other hand, these two challenges require a smart design solution combining an efficient cooling system with low thermal resistance and high cooling power, with a design considering a thermal propagation safe design. AVL will show design and cooling system innovation to address these challenges.

11:45 Grain Boundary Enriched Cathode Products gNMC & gNCA with Cobalt Ladders: Cost and Performance Comparisons

Kenan Sahin, PhD, President & Founder, CAMX Power

The CAMX Power invented and patented grain boundary enrichment of high nickel cathode materials (GEMX) allows for lower Cobalt while maintaining and even improving performance.  We will present cost and performance profiles for gNMC and gNCA with 15%, 10%, and 5% Cobalt, which may be useful for supplying different EV models.  This product family approach could make choosing a cathode composition easier for a planned EV model.   

12:05 Hybrid UltraCapacitor Technology and its Applcations for xEVs

Wei Sun, PhD, Senior Vice President, Research & Development Center, GMCC Electronic Technology WUXI LTD

To improve power density, cycle life and low temperature performance for lithium-ion batteries (LiB), GMCC has developed Hybrid UltraCapacitor (HUC) cells with a novel hybrid electrochemical system that combines the scientific principles of electrical double layer capacitors (EDLC) and LiB.

 

The HUC cell features a very high discharge rate (>100C@RT and >10C@-40 Celsius) and extremely high cycle life (>30000), making it suitable for 12 V backup power supply of electric vehicles.

12:25 MODERATED Q&A:

Session Wrap-Up

PANEL MODERATOR:

Roland Matthé, Technical Fellow, Global Battery Systems; Manager, Electrical Architecture, Stellantis

PANELISTS:

Michael Harenbrock, PhD, Principal Expert, Engineering Electric Mobility, MANN+HUMMEL GmbH

Bernhard Brunnsteiner, PhD, Chief Engineer, Simulation & Digital Svcs, AVL List GmbH

Kenan Sahin, PhD, President & Founder, CAMX Power

Wei Sun, PhD, Senior Vice President, Research & Development Center, GMCC Electronic Technology WUXI LTD

Networking Lunch12:25

Dessert Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing – Last Chance for Viewing13:25

xEV BATTERY TECHNOLOGY

14:00

Chairperson's Remarks

Michael Harenbrock, PhD, Principal Expert, Engineering Electric Mobility, MANN+HUMMEL GmbH

14:05

Next-Gen EV Batteries Based on Immersion Cooling and a New Fluid 

Arnold Lamm, PhD, Founder & Executive Director, E-Mobility, e-Technologies GmbH

What is the best compromise regarding the KPIs Energy Densities (Wh/ltr./Wh/kg), Safety (especially thermal propagation), Fast Charging capabilities, Lifetime, and Cost based on a given skateboard platform of an EV-car? This presentation will show new design approaches based on an immersion-cooled battery and a new fluid with high fire resistance. Test results regarding the cooling performance at a fast charging profile will be pointed out. Furthermore, safety test results show new possibilities to prevent thermal propagation.

14:25

Immersion Cooling of Li Ion Batteries — Enabling High Power Charging, Performance, Safety and Long Battery Life

Christopher Wolter, PhD, Senior Technologist PD Driveline & EV Fluids, Driveline Technology Center, Castrol Germany GmbH

Main hurdles when it comes to convincing customer to switch to fully electric vehicles are range anxiety, charging time and safety. Immersion Cooling, also known as direct liquid cooling, enables sustained High Power Charging (HPC) of more than 250 kW resulting in charging times as short as a conventional refueling process of an ICE car. At the same time immersion cooling improves battery safety significantly and has the potential to prolong the life of the battery pack.

14:45 Immersion Cooling: Safe, Fast, and Cool

Gerard Quoirin, PhD, Product Engineer, Battery Specialist, Battery Fluids, TotalEnergies Lubriciants

Immersion cooling of a lithium battery is a good solution to control the heat generated by the cells during rapid charging or intensive use. It also seems that thanks to this technology: it is almost impossible to have a major failure of the battery: a fire or the propagation of a thermal runaway of the cell. Thanks to our work, we can demonstrate that this is indeed the case.

15:05 MODERATED Q&A:

Session Wrap-Up

PANEL MODERATOR:

Michael Harenbrock, PhD, Principal Expert, Engineering Electric Mobility, MANN+HUMMEL GmbH

PANELISTS:

Arnold Lamm, PhD, Founder & Executive Director, E-Mobility, e-Technologies GmbH

Christopher Wolter, PhD, Senior Technologist PD Driveline & EV Fluids, Driveline Technology Center, Castrol Germany GmbH

Gerard Quoirin, PhD, Product Engineer, Battery Specialist, Battery Fluids, TotalEnergies Lubriciants

Coffee Break15:25

AUTOMOTIVE LOW-VOLT ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS

15:40

Low Voltage Battery Development for the Next-Gen xEVs

Christian Kuper, Manager, Li-ion Modeling & Requirements, Clarios

The strong transition towards electrified vehicles confronts batteries for low voltage power-net with a significantly changed set of requirements. While the 12 V batteries for BEV and PHEV can be reduced in size and capacity compared to traditional starter batteries, they have to comply to specific performance and functional safety requirements. In particular low temperature fallback load support maintaining a narrow voltage window poses a specific challenge to the battery technology.

16:00

48V mHEV Batteries – Boundary Conditions and Example for Application

Horst Mettlach, Global Tech Specialist Propulsion Electrification, Stellantis

EU CO2 emission reduction targets are the main motivation for introduction of mHEV with 48V batteries in Europe. Depending on the 48V mHEV hybrid architecture P0 to P4, different functions like pure electric driving, in addition to regenerative braking and boosting need to be enabled by the 48V battery. The paper will describe the different requirements, the design and validation of the 48V mHEV battery for a selected application.

16:20

Advantages of Lead xEV Batteries for Functional Safety Applications

Olaf Sielemann, Director, Engineering EMEA, Clarios

Future vehicle applications, independent of the propulsion type, will have new requirements for the low-voltage power net architecture. One key element will be the stability of the low-voltage power net for autonomies driving functions. In emergency cases, a redundant energy source must be available for the safe operation of the vehicle. This presentation will carry out the advantages of lead-based batteries as a redundant energy source for those functions.

16:40 MODERATED Q&A:

Session Wrap-Up

PANEL MODERATOR:

Michael Harenbrock, PhD, Principal Expert, Engineering Electric Mobility, MANN+HUMMEL GmbH

PANELISTS:

Christian Kuper, Manager, Li-ion Modeling & Requirements, Clarios

Horst Mettlach, Global Tech Specialist Propulsion Electrification, Stellantis

Olaf Sielemann, Director, Engineering EMEA, Clarios

Close of Conference17:00






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