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AVL Establishes Test Infrastructure for Battery Cells in Germany

Important contribution to the Volkswagen Group's battery offensive
AVL Establishes Test Infrastructure for Battery Cells in Germany
  • Equipment for a new battery testing laboratory in Salzgitter on behalf of PowerCo SE
  • The partnership will provide the latest technologies for testing battery cells

The battery company PowerCo SE, which is part of the Volkswagen Group, has commissioned the global mobility technology company AVL to plan and equip a test laboratory in Salzgitter. The facility will be completed by 2025. The joint project is a further milestone in the cooperation between PowerCo and AVL.

Graz, Austria/ Salzgitter, Germany, November 2024: The Volkswagen Group is bundling its battery activities in the European company (SE) PowerCo. The wholly-owned VW subsidiary has now selected AVL as a partner to build a test factory for batteries in Salzgitter. Once completed in 2025, the new facility will be used to test battery cells using state-of-the-art technologies and methods. The systems and solutions required for this will be set up and tested at AVL's headquarters in Graz over the coming months before they are used at the actual site in Salzgitter.

AVL has been working successfully with PowerCo for several years in the field of battery cell testing.

Urs Gerspach, Managing Director of the Instrumentation and Test Systems division at AVL: "We were in tough competition with large, globally active companies. For AVL, this project is another milestone in the field of test systems for battery development. I also see it as confirmation that we are on the right track in the transformation from the combustion engine to hybridization and electrification."

About AVL

With more than 12,200 employees, AVL is one of the world's leading mobility technology companies for development, simulation and testing in the automotive industry and in other sectors such as rail, shipping and energy. Based on extensive in-house research activities, AVL delivers concepts, technology solutions, methodologies and development tools for a greener, safer and better world of mobility and beyond.

AVL supports international partners and customers in sustainable and digital transformation. The focus here is on the areas of electrification, software, AI and automation. AVL also supports companies in energy-intensive sectors on their way to green and efficient energy generation and supply.

AVL's passion is innovation. Together with an international network of experts spanning 90 locations with more than 50 competence and development centers worldwide, AVL is driving the future of mobility. In 2024, the company generated a turnover of 2.03 billion euros, of which 11% was invested in R&D activities. 

For more information: www.avl.com

 

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Contact
Dr. Markus Tomaschitz, Unternehmenssprecher AVL
Tel.: +43 664 100 0289
E-mail: Markus.Tomaschitz@avl.com