As the automotive industry transitions to becoming all-electric, a wave of large batteries will be needed to power and run such vehicles. But if you know anything about batteries, you know they have the tendency to heat up, which is not ideal when driving from one place to another. Therefore, it is imperative that there are other components within the car that help maintain the temperature of the battery.
In fact, tucked away in a German town between Frankfurt and Stuttgart lies a facility opened by the fluid handling specialists TI Fluid Systems (TIFS) dedicated to developing systems to help manage this temperature rise, thus increasing the battery’s efficiency, safety and lifetime.
The Rastatt E-Mobility Innovation Centre (e-MIC) is the first of five centres worldwide that will comprise six competencies in developing thermal management systems for EVs of the future: virtual engineering, design, processing, prototyping, product testing, and vehicle testing...