EV Technology for Heavy-Duty Applications

This session explores the electrification of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, highlighting battery chemistry forecasts, supply-chain trends, and technology choices for different applications using the latest MHCV battery forecast at S&P Global Mobility. It also examines how standardisation of modules and packs can reduce costs and accelerate adoption, providing delegates with a clear view of the key drivers shaping the commercial-vehicle battery landscape.

Battery-electric trucks can be the future backbone of the transport industry—combining maximum energy efficiency with good flexibility. Daimler Truck AG has proven with a number of projects and products on a global scale how capable these electric trucks can be. This presentation will investigate the special needs of batteries and cells for commercial vehicles with a special focus on the lithiation and delithiation mechanisms in LMFP-NMC blends.

With concerns on range, cost, and charging infrastructure to mass adoption of BEV heavy-duty trucks, hybrid battery powertrains offer an alternative that combines the traditional ICE with a battery to provide an intermediate step towards electrification. The electrochemistry considerations and performance requirements in cell design differs to that of BEV, which will be discussed in the various levels of hybridisation as investigated at Accelera.

Scania Industrial Batteries transforms Northvolt’s industrial legacy into a unified platform delivering rugged, modular, software enhanced energy systems for demanding off road applications. This session explores how the carve out accelerates electrification in demanding industrial segments, enhances product resilience, and enables end to end solutions, positioning Scania as a leader in heavy duty electrification.

Batteries capable of fast charge hold great interest for electrification of multiple heavy-duty applications. These require many charge–discharge cycles, often high-discharge power, and limited trade-off of energy density. Fast charge supports higher uptime and work rates. Nyobolt is working with partners in robotics, mining, and construction to implement batteries capable of 5–10-minute full SOC charging, high cycle life, and acceptable thermal attributes. Technology and implementation efforts are described.

Battery-electric heavy duty vehicles face very different challenges in a mining environment compared to on-road BEVs. This talk will give an overview of typical duty cycles that actual, deployed underground mining BEV fleets see, how a vehicle-battery-charger system is optimized for this type of application, and what are OEMs looking for in emerging battery technology to enable the next horizon of improvements.

Electrifying ultra-heavy mining equipment was long considered beyond practical reach. This presentation explains how Fortescue leverages advances in battery chemistry, pack architecture, thermal, structural, and control design to redefine zero-emission heavy industry. Lessons from motorsport and high-performance electrification inform solutions for multi-megawatt duty cycles, harsh environments, and fleet-scale optimisation, highlighting the architectural innovations needed to shift from diesel dependence to fully electric mine sites across global mining operations worldwide.

Commercial vehicle batteries face demanding requirements, including high energy throughput, multi pack configurations, and robust thermal strategies. This presentation shares insights from recent Traton battery research; we highlight methods for deriving battery insights from field data, accelerating development through efficient test analysis and making use of hybrid models - illustrating a path towards durable, cost efficient battery systems for commercial vehicles."

This presentation offers a concise overview of batteries tailored for long-haul electric trucks, focusing on key performance needs, system challenges, and the evolving role of energy storage in enabling sustainable freight transport across demanding routes and operational conditions.

The TRATON Common Battery Platform enables a unified and scalable battery architecture across Scania and MAN for both trucks and buses. This presentation provides insights into the technical design foundations, cross brand modularization strategy, and industrialization approach behind the platform. It also covers key R&D aspects of the cell technology, pack design, BMS, and validation.

Heavy duty necessarily involves high powers to move large masses. Therefore, great opportunity exists to transfer technology to/from motorsports applications. Here, an analysis of the common aspects and the unique challenges is presented.

Electrifying haulage pushes batteries to their limits: heat, dust, ultra-fast charging, and near-zero downtime. This talk shows how software-defined vehicles, paired with the Elysia embedded-and-cloud ecosystem, close the loop between onboard control and fleet insights for safe performance at-scale. Using targeted telematics, diagnostics/prognostics, and degradation-aware simulation, operators optimise assignments while protecting weaker packs and extracting more from stronger ones: improving range, charge time, lifetime, and total cost of ownership.

This presentation will provide an overview of our recent research on the role of mechanical compression in Li-ion battery performance and durability. It will focus on how controlled pressure influences degradation and reliability, highlighting key considerations for meeting the demanding operational and battery-pack integration requirements of heavy-duty applications.

Development and validation of commercial-vehicle battery cells requires detailed understanding of the expected system design and use cases for the cells, in the context of battery packs, pack systems, and full vehicles. This presentation will cover requirements, definition, and design for commercial-vehicle-specific battery cells, discuss challenges and approaches toward development and validation of cells, and provide a progress update on new LMFP-based cell testing.