{"id":13688,"date":"2021-08-03T11:34:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T10:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=13688"},"modified":"2021-08-11T08:49:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T07:49:51","slug":"using-calorimeters-develop-efficient-battery-packs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/using-calorimeters-develop-efficient-battery-packs\/13688\/","title":{"rendered":"Using calorimeters to develop more efficient battery packs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Carlos Ziebert, head of IAM-AWP\u2019s Calorimeter Center, KIT, explains how calorimeters can help to develop safer, more efficient battery packs in the Horizon 2020 project HELIOS.<\/h2>\n

Electric cars and buses that are powered by a Lithium-ion battery are a strategic driver within the European Union\u2019s new mobility strategy that should lead the transition to a clean and digital economy by reducing the carbon footprint of the transport sector by 90% by 2050. Therefore, the European Commission<\/a> is investing in ground-breaking electric vehicle (EVs) know-how to make Europe a global market leader in their sustainable production and use. This will reduce dependence on Asian cell producers and place at least 30 million electric cars on Europe\u2019s roads as substitutes for those with internal combustion engines.<\/p>\n

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Fig. 2: Sileo S12 e-bus produced by Bozankaya
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HELIOS participants<\/h3>\n

The HELIOS (High-pErformance modular battery packs for sustainable urban electrOmobility Services) project was funded under the Horizon 2020<\/a> Framework Programme. This European project, which was launched on 1 January 2021, has received approximately \u20ac10m from the European Commission. HELIOS is co-ordinated by Aarhus University (AU) and the following 18 partners from eight countries are working together on improved modular battery packs:<\/p>\n