DAY 2 – 22 June 2022  

OPTIMIZING WHOLE VEHICLE ARCHITECTURES & FURTHER REDUCING SAFETY RISK Identifying Weight Reduction Opportunities And Addressing Thermal Runaway

0850 Chair’s Opening Remarks

Davood Yazdani, Vice President of Product for Batteries, Sakuu

The Roadmap Ahead On Making Battery Production, Components, And Subsystems  Cheaper, More Sustainable & Easier To Replace Through Improved Standardization

KEYNOTE PANEL - BATTERY PRODUCTION & NEXT-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY 

09:00 Reducing The Cost per kWh Of Battery Technology & Investigating Next Generation Technologies With Greater Range That Are Also Sustainable

The battery continues to be a significant cost driver for OEMs and, in some cases, accounts for up to 80% of the total vehicle cost. So, what is the future trajectory on battery cost, and what are the alternative strategies to make battery production cheaper? Total lifetime cost – in the future – will also need to consider sustainability criteria, including the end-of-life portion and the ability to recycle.  In addition, hear from battery manufacturers on the drive to improve the efficiency of current technology while keeping an eye on commercializing next-generation battery technologies with more excellent range and enhanced safety.

NEXT-GEN TECHNOLOGY The Solar-Electric Vehicle Revolution — A New Path Forward For Grid Independence and Decarbonizing Fleet Vehicles​ (25 minutes)

This presentation will examine the disruptive solar technology to enable seamless integration into all types of vehicles to reduce the impact of CO2 emissions and pave the way for climate-friendly mobility.

Markus Volmer Chief Technology Officer Sono Motors

OEM PERSPECTIVE ON NEXT GENERATION BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Reducing The Cost per kWh Of Battery Chemistries/Technology Available Today (25 minutes)

• Understanding the latest developments and relative cost competitiveness of different cell design and cell chemistries, including NMC and LFP technology
• Improving the energy efficiency of current lithium-ion technologies 
• More innovative battery pack design to compensate for less advanced cell chemistry
• Exploring the future technical benefits of ac versus dc

SUSTAINABLE BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Examine The innovative Strategies To Optimize Electric Consumption For EV Using Solar Cells (20 minutes) 

Arjo van der Ham Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer  Lightyear

1010 Extended Questions & Discussion

 

1030 Morning Refreshment Networking Break In The Exhibition Area  

 

11:00 Reinventing Battery Manufacturing With Radical Innovation In 3D Printing 

• Rapid, sustainable, mass-scale production of solid-state batteries arrive
• Printing in custom shapes and sizes
• Serving broad industry needs and applications—automotive and beyond…

Arwed Niestroj General Manager Battery Business Unit  Sakuú Corp

1125 Questions & Discussion

 

1135 Laser Welding of Steel to Steel and Ductile Iron to Steel and Weld Fatigue Evaluation​

Huaxin Li Technical Specialist Ferrous Material & Joining General Motors

1200 Questions & Discussion

 

12.10 Networking lunch

 

APPLICATION OF NEW MATERIALS & INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE LIGHTWEIGHT BODY STRUCTURE

PANEL - IMPROVING WHOLE VEHICLE EFFICIENCY

13.15 Optimizing Whole Vehicle Architecture To Make Better Trade-Offs Between Vehicle Shape/Attractive Design, Aerodynamics, Battery Positioning & Passenger Ergonomics

Aerodynamics continues to make an increasing contribution to the performance and characteristics of our vehicles. Along with absolute performance and energy use, customer demand for reduced wind noise and soiling while increasing visibility and comfort requires aerodynamicists to be involved in more design, development, and testing aspects.

These case studies will analyze how to make better trade-offs between seating positions, aerodynamics, and Battery packaging to improve overall Vehicle Architecture.

OPTIMIZATION OF BEV LIGHTWEIGHT BODY STRUCTURE

Technologies & Materials To Enable More Lightweight Chassis For Mass Market BEV

• Examine the scope of using advanced lightweight materials for innovative design
• Analyzing the scope of weight optimization of the Chassis while meeting structural performance

Neeshel Dullabh Lead Chassis Integration Engineer Ford Motor Company

13:40 Extended curated Q&A

FUTURE OF PROPULSION SYSTEMS

14:00 Driving Into The Future With Propulsion Systems Research (20min)

This presentation will examine GM’s vision and propulsion systems research work to get there.

• Battery systems research activities supporting Ultium platform 
• Research efforts to advance motors and power electronics via innovative concepts
• Advancements are featured on the recently launched GMC Hummer and Cadillac Lyriq.

Lihua Li, PhD Director, Propulsion Systems Research Lab General Motors

1420 Extended Questions & Discussion

14:30 Exploring The Limits Of BEV Propulsion Systems (25min)

This talk covers several projects currently in progress at the GM R&D Center.

• The design/development of a battery pack for the GM/Lockheed Martin Lunar Mobility Vehicle
• 800V 1000 kW testbed that we have developed to conduct studies for high power applications,
• Architectural study of an eVTOL propulsion system as a potential solution for short and medium-distance CO2-free transportation of passengers and goods.

Madhusudan Raghavan Group Manager, Battery and System Architecture General Motors R&D

14:50 Extended Questions & Discussion

15:00  Afternoon Refreshment Break

15:30  Interactive Roundtables

Interactive Roundtable Discussion 1: OPTIMIZING EFFICIENCY OF MOTORS AND POWERTRAIN COMPONENT

ASSESS THE NEXT WAVE OF MORE EFFICIENT MOTOR TECHNOLOGY & DESIGNS

Technology Innovation For The Next Generation Of Energy Efficient Electric Motors

Disuss how to reduce production costs using alternative materials to rare earth magnets for EV and HEV motors electric drive production and discuss innovations in production scalability.

• Improving EV performance through motor optimization by using advanced materials and advanced powertrain technology
• The innovative design process for cost reduction based on motor topologies, material, and processes
• Reducing the number of prototypes and evaluation time with the use of simulation

Interactive Roundtable Discussion 2: UTILIZING NEW DESIGN TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING FIRE-RESISTANT MATERIALS FURTHER, REDUCE SAFETY RISK AND CRASH IMPACTS

 

FIRE RESISTANT MATERIALS

 Investigating Innovative More Fire-Resistant Materials For The Battery Packaging

What are the current strategies and materials used to mitigate thermal events. Discuss ways to evaluate the effectiveness of these materials and the benefits of using silicones in battery fire protection applications.

1630 Chair's Closing Remarks and End of Conference