Battery plant technology: Cost-efficient battery production

High speed – high precision

What are commonly called batteries in electric or hybrid vehicles are referred to by experts as battery systems or packs. They are made up of battery modules and additional components such as electronics and cooling and protective devices. Battery modules are made up of individual battery cells, which in turn – put simply – are made up of wafer-thin, coated electrode foils, equally thin separator foils and electrolytes. So it’s a broad field, and there are also different cell types such as round, pouch, and prismatic cells.

And it’s a field where progress is urgently needed. Predictions on exactly how the market for hybrid and electric vehicles will develop in the future vary depending on which analysts or research institutes issued them, but automotive OEMs such as Daimler, BMW, and Renault now need batteries in quantities that can no longer be provided by the current production methods – or at least not cost efficiently.