Episodes

  • Dr. Billy Wu - How Charging affects Degradation (Battery Digital Twins)

    Dr. Billy Wu - How Charging affects Degradation (Battery Digital Twins)
    May 13 2024
    Before purchasing a second-hand battery-electric vehicle, every buyer and seller asks themselves how the battery state of health (SoH) can be determined as precisely as possible.
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    37 mins
  • LFP Gigafactory in Arizona - Major General John S. Kem (ABF)

    LFP Gigafactory in Arizona - Major General John S. Kem (ABF)
    Apr 2 2024
    Our guest for today's episode is John S. Kem, President of American Battery Factory. ABF is currently building up a 4-GWh LFP gigafactory in Tucson, Arizona. A business approach, you wouldn't necessarily see in Europe.
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    30 mins
  • Building a Battery Pack - Dr. Gavin White (About:Energy)

    Building a Battery Pack - Dr. Gavin White (About:Energy)
    Feb 26 2024
    How battery modeling saves unnecessary investments and time! Today, we are talking to Gavin White (CEO About:Energy), a #battery software company from London. About:Energy operates an interesting business model!
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    32 mins
  • How do I prolong my EV battery's lifetime? - Prof. David Howey

    How do I prolong my EV battery's lifetime? - Prof. David Howey
    Aug 30 2023
    As electric vehicles are getting more popular, battery technology has become a focus of interest. EV owners regularly ask themselves how to treat a vehicle’s battery: How should an EV be charged, parked or driven if the inside batteries should be kept in best possible shape?
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    35 mins
  • (When) Will we see Solid-State Batteries? Prof. Jennifer Rupp

    (When) Will we see Solid-State Batteries? Prof. Jennifer Rupp
    Jul 30 2023
    Battery manufacturers around the world have been announcing solid-state cells for its groundbreaking characteristics. Yes, we see multiple outstanding (almost-) solid-state lab cells (some of which are already on the market!) but the high expectations have never really met reality: Not a single car manufacturer is currently placing all-solid-state cells in their EVs. So, whats taking them so long?
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    30 mins
  • Skeleton's SuperBattery - Dr. Sebastian Pohlmann

    Skeleton's SuperBattery - Dr. Sebastian Pohlmann
    Jul 10 2023
    This podcast episode deals with an energy storage technology that is still underestimated in materials science: Hybrid battery supercaps. Supercaps are installed, for example, for regenerative braking (recuperation) in vehicles such as buses, trains, cranes and trains. The powerful energy storage systems are also found in wind turbines. Now, the Estonian company Skeleton Technologies invented a new hybrid form of battery supercaps.
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    36 mins
  • Sodium Batteries for Electric Bikes - Prof. Amreesh Chandra

    Sodium Batteries for Electric Bikes - Prof. Amreesh Chandra
    Jul 3 2023
    EV sales in India surpassed 150,000 units for the first time in May 2023. An outstanding annual growth of 64% compared to last year 2022. Market observers as well report a sharp rise in electric two-wheeler sales due to national subsidies and an expanding charging infrastructure.
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    32 mins
  • Self-healing Batteries - Prof. Maitane Berecibar

    Self-healing Batteries - Prof. Maitane Berecibar
    Apr 2 2023
    Self-healing materials have the ability to automatically repair damages to themselves without any external diagnosis or intervention. Soon, they could be used in battery electrodes as well! This would impact the entire battery world - since everlasting cells definitely change the business for nearly every manufacturer.
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    32 mins