Stellantis has opened its first battery know-how centre at its Mirafiori plant in Turin. There, growth groups will develop and take a look at battery packs, modules, cells and software program for upcoming electrical automotive fashions.
The €40 million funding within the growth of this centre expands Stellantis’ capabilities to develop and take a look at battery packs, modules, cells and software program that might be utilized in future Stellantis-branded electrical automobiles, the corporate mentioned. Greater than 100 workers on the battery know-how centre in Turin will carry out and monitor climatic stress exams, life exams, the event and calibration of software program for battery administration techniques, and the degradation of batteries and cells for evaluation and benchmarking.
For testing, the 8,000-square-metre centre has 32 climate-controlled take a look at cells – eight of that are smaller and designed for battery cell testing, and 24 of that are walk-in and may accommodate complete battery packs. In accordance with the corporate, this makes it “the biggest battery know-how centre in Italy and one of many largest in Europe”.
The indoor local weather within the 24 walk-in chambers may be managed by way of temperature inside a spread of -40 °C to +60 °C with a most temperature change of 20 levels per minute; humidity will also be regulated. The centre can take a look at as much as 47 battery packs concurrently. Stellantis stresses that the know-how centre’s energy provide (as much as 2.2 MW per take a look at cell and 1,200 volts) is designed for future development.
“We’re within the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime alternative to redefine mobility, offering sensible and sustainable options for our prospects,” mentioned Ned Curic, Stellanti’s Chief Engineering and Know-how Officer. “Our new Battery Know-how Middle at Mirafiori brings collectively the instruments and gifted individuals we have to design, take a look at, confirm and produce class-leading merchandise that can meet our prospects’ wants and speed up bringing class-leading electrical autos to prospects world wide.”
The battery centre just isn’t the primary eMobility funding on the website. On the Mirafiori plant, Stellantis is manufacturing the electrical Fiat 500 by itself small automotive platform, amongst different autos. As well as, it was introduced a yr in the past that one other a part of the plant can be transformed for the manufacturing of hybrid transmissions.
Stellantis is constructing one other battery know-how centre for North America in Windsor, Canada. In Windsor, Stellantis can also be constructing (along with LG Vitality Resolution) a battery cell manufacturing unit. In Italy, the know-how centre and manufacturing might be situated at completely different websites: The battery manufacturing unit of the ACC three way partnership is being constructed at Stellantis’ Termoli engine plant.
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