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A MILESTONE IN AVL’S
ELECTRIFICATION EXPERTISE
AVL OPENED
ONE OF EUROPE’S
MOST ADVANCED
BATTERY LABS
IN GRAZ
3 4 DECEMBER 2018
By adding further trendsetting
battery testbeds, AVL has doubled
its capacities and has opened one of
the most advanced battery testing
labs in Europe at its headquarters
in Graz. Established within a reconstruction
period of eleven months,
the AVL Battery Lab defines totally
new standards. AVL CEO Helmut
List: “The opening of the AVL Battery
Lab is a milestone in the further
electrification of the powertrain at
AVL. Now we are capable of meeting
the customers’ constantly increasing
requirements with highprecision
measurements within
shorter testing times.”
Covering an area of 700 m², AVL’s
expanded Battery Lab has room for
cutting-edge testbeds capable of running
electrical and thermal battery
tests – combinable in a single test run
– up to currently 750 kW or 1200 V.
Particularly the composition of the
sophisticated testbed specifications
at this superior level is unparalleled
in Europe. Remarkable are the high
doors and the impressive sizes of the
thermal chambers that allow the testing
of large batteries, such as those
used in electric buses or trucks.
GROWING COMPLEXITY
IN BATTERY
DEVELOPMENT
The steadily rising demands on producibility
are making battery development
more and more complex.
AVL develops both full batteries
and partial aspects, for example
modules based on lithium solid-state
cells instead of conventional
lithium-ion cells. There is a growing
tendency towards vehicle underfloor
battery integration, which
requires even closer collaboration
between AVL and its customers or
their body teams.
From left to right: Ingolf Schädler, Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology,
Deputy Head of Section III – Innovation and Telecommunications, Head of Innovation Section;
Julija Sakovica, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation/European Commission,
Surface Transport Policy, Innovative Automotive Systems; Helmut List, CEO AVL;
Burghard Kaltenbeck, Managing Director of the Styrian Economic Development Corporation SFG