Germany Has The Potential To Become The World Leader In Battery Production

Close cooperation between mechanical engineering and the automotive industry should guarantee success in the production of batteries for electromobility. “Germany also has the potential to become the world leader in the electric powertrain. This means facing the challenges together,”said Dr. Joachim Döhner, Spokesman of the Steering Committee VDMA Battery Production and Head Technology Solutions Division at Kuka Industries, on the occasion of the publication of the new VDMA Battery Production Means 2030.

Electromobility

What the mobile battery of the Concept Car Oasis can do

In the roadmap, the question "Quo Vadis battery production in Germany?" Is answered positively: The study deals with process engineering challenges that are essential to the progress in the industrial production of Li-ion batteries for use in electromobility and in stationary energy storage contribute.

Intensify cooperation between industry and science

At a joint event of VDMA battery production and forum electromobility on December 6, 2016 in Berlin, 90 representatives from industry, research and politics discussed the future of battery technology in Germany. Essentially, the question was what significant contribution innovations and technological developments in mechanical and plant engineering can make to this task. From the VDMA's point of view, research must be intensified through cooperation between industry and science. In addition, access to factories and large-scale production must be made possible. The Roadmap Battery Production Means 2030 of VDMA Battery Production, fully updated, revised and supplemented in 2016, substantiates this necessary research need.

Energy management

Eaton focuses on energy storage systems

Electromobility

When the postman drives electrically

“As a contact platform and innovation network, one of our main tasks is to bring together electromobility players on crucial and current issues. Together with our members, the VDMA and the Fraunhofer Society, we succeeded impressively in this,”said Michael Kluger, head of the office of the Forum Elektromobilität eV

In the thematic block Challenges, Visions / Perspectives and Research Needs, the contents of the roadmap were underpinned with concrete examples from industry and research. Holger Gritzka (ThyssenKrupp System Engineering GmbH), Dr. Bernd Ullmann (Schuler-Pressen GmbH) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arno Kwade (TU Braunschweig). Previously, an overview of the current development was given under the heading: "Best practice and level of development from industry". (sh)