powertrain engineering
BIG IN POWER AND JUST 80 MM IN HEIGHT:
A REVOLUTION IN BATTERIES
The global demand for battery electric vehicles in the sedan segment that provide more
driving comfort and performance while offering a low-slung, sporty seating position, is growing
at a fast pace. The trend, however, entails the challenge of developing batteries that not
only meet these requirements but also allow efficient use of limited installation space.
With its development capabilities, technology company AVL enables the production of the
80-mm battery.
There is a rising demand among
end-consumers around the globe for
electric vehicles in the medium and
upper segment of sedans and coupés,
which impress with enhanced comfort,
optimized noise, vibration and
harshness (NVH) characteristics and
high performance as well as range.
Such battery electric vehicles (BEVs)
require batteries that are reduced in
height to be able to offer the lowslung,
sporty seating position typical
of conventional sedans or coupés.
Both OEMs and cell manufacturers
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are therefore currently trying to obtain
an installation space height below
100 mm by using new technologies.
AVL LOW HEIGHT BATTERIES
Low-height battery structure, along
with its integration into the vehicle
environment, raises a host of new
questions and challenges in a variety
of areas, ranging from cell selection
and much-needed solutions for thermal
management, E/E components
and structural battery design right
through to final assembly. Wenzel
Prochazka, Product Manager Battery
Systems at AVL: “Among other
things, we are focusing on the selection
of suitable battery cells in close
coordination with cell manufacturers,
and investigating ways in which all of
the latest production processes can be
taken into consideration in very early
development stages.”
AVL draws on a global, interdisciplinary
team with wide-ranging ca-
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AVL‘s development expertise enables
a fully integrated 80-mm low-height battery
in modern sedans and coupés.