Joint EC / EPoSS / ERTRAC Expert Workshop – November 2010

Electric Vehicle Batteries Made in Europe

The invitation letter can be found here.
The workshop report is available here.

Opening – Chair: Maria da Graça Carvalho, Member of European Parliament

• European Green Cars Initiative, Thierry Van der Pyl, DG Infso, European Commission
• Industrial Technologies for Green Cars, Herbert von Bose, DG Research, European Commission
• Government Support for Electric Vehicles in U.K., Kate Warren, Office of Low Emission Vehicles (United Kingdom)
• Business Scenarios for Batteries on Wheels,  Salman Farmanfarmaian, Zero Emission Mobility (Switzerland)

Session 1: Advances in Cell Technology and Integration – Chair: Pietro Perlo, Fiat Research Center (Italy)

• Advanced Materials for Energy Storage Systems, Andrea Balducci, University of Münster (Germany)
• Materials and Designs for Safe and Affordable Batteries, Anne de Guibert, Saft (France)
• Smart Battery Management Systems, Heiko Weller, Bosch (Germany)
• Strategies and Devices for Cell Balancing, Joop van Lammeren, NXP (Netherlands)

Session 2: Manufacturing, Testing, and Life Cycle Assessment of Batteries – Chair: Horst Kornemann, Continental (Germany)

• Cell Production Technologies and Perspectives on Cost vs. Volume, Claudio Lanciotti, KEMET (Italy)
• Testing of Robustness, Reliability and Safety of Battery Packs, Volker Hennige, AVL List (Austria)
• Standardization of EV Batteries, Alfons Westgeest, EUROBAT (Belgium)
• Environmental Impact, Energy Consumption, and LCA of Li-Ion Battery Production, Hans-Jörg Althaus, EMPA (Switzerland)

Session 3: Lighthouse Projects for EV Batteries Made in Europe – Chair: Richard Aumayer, Bosch (Germany)

• Resource Strategies for EV Batteries, Patrick Kim, Renault (France)
• Mass Manufacturing of Li Ion Cells, Tim Schäfer, Li-Tec (Germany)
• Series Production of Li Ion Batteries, Ralf Schmid, Continental (Germany)
• Fabrication of Batteries for Transport, Consumer and Home Applications, Francisco Javier Blanco, Ikerlan (Spain)
• Large Storage for Smart Grid Applications, Wolfgang Weydanz, Siemens (Germany)

Session 4: Wrap-Up – Chair: Günter Lugert, Siemens (Germany)

• Recommendations Interactive Discussion – all
• Closing Remarks and Outlook – Thomas Spoormans, DG Enterprise, European Commission Augusto de Albuquerque, DG Infso, European Commission
• Coordinator / Rapporteur: Gereon Meyer, VDI/VDE-IT / ICT4FEV / EPoSS Office (Germany)