Battery Development

With its new Cayenne E4 model, Porsche has introduced a revised battery architecture based on a module-to-car approach for reduced weight and other significant advantages.

Remarketing platform Ayvens Carmarket has introduced a certificate for traction batteriesʼ state of health (SoH) to increase transparency in the European market for used electric vehicles.

Stellantis and TotalEnergies subsidiary Saft have unveiled the worldʼs first vehicle featuring the innovative Intelligent Battery Integrated System (IBIS).

German testing and certification company DEKRA has officially commissioned its new multi-million-euro battery testing center at Lausitzring in Brandenburg.

Volkswagen and PowerCo presented their new prismatic standard cell at “IAA Mobility 2025” in Munich. At the same time, VW is testing the use of solid-state batteries.

CATL has unveiled LFP batteries specifically for the European electric mobility market, which are designed to offer greater safety, longer life, increased range, and faster charging speeds.

Chinese automotive supplier HASCO is acquiring a 49-percent stake in Shanghai SAIC QingTao Energy Technology from SAIC Motor for around 29 million US dollars.

German start-up company Minerva Carbon will receive federal funding of around 1.8 million euros to research mesoporous carbons for batteries.

Japanese car manufacturer Nissan and LiCAP from the United States will collaborate on the development of production technologies for dry electrodes used in solid-state batteries.

At TU Braunschweig, around 150 researchers will be working on recycling processes at the new Center for Circular Production of Next Batteries and Fuel Cells from 2027 onwards.