The smarter E Europe 2023: This is how it was for us at NOVUM
With a new record of over 100,000 visitors, The smarter E Europe came to a successful close last Friday. The fair was also a huge success for NOVUM. We participated together with the Saxon Business Development Agency for the third time. And never before have we been able to welcome so many people to our […]
Fire Prediction: How NOVUM Technology Prevents Disasters
When batteries — or entire battery storage systems — explode, it is extremely dangerous. Toxic gases escape. The temperatures are extreme. People can be seriously injured or even die. Just in the last year, there have been repeated reports of exploding cell phone batteries, burning e‑cars, and catastrophic incidents involving home storage for renewable energy. […]
AI-assisted recycling of vehicle batteries: NOVUM and Circunomics cooperate
With the growing trend toward e‑mobility, the question of what happens to used batteries is becoming increasingly urgent. But the current situation brings not only challenges, but also opportunities. A new market is emerging, with plenty of scope for young companies. The companies Circunomics and NOVUM have therefore concluded a cooperation agreement with effect from […]
How dangerous is the transport of e‑vehicles on the open sea?
There are risks involved in transporting e‑vehicles. This is especially true on the open sea. After the sinking of the car carrier “Felicity Ace” in 2022, the first shipping company is now drawing consequences: Havila Kystruten in Norway will no longer transport e‑vehicles. We report on how Scandlines and TT-Line, popular with German holidaymakers, are […]
Interview with users: NOVUM and DB Bahnbau Group cooperate on battery diagnostics
DB Bahnbau Group and car manufacturer Kia are turning used electric car batteries into powerful energy storage units for green power. NOVUM takes over the battery diagnosis. In this interview, Ilma Bojadzic, Co-Founder and Head of Strategy at encore | DB — a product of the DB Bahnbau Group, tells us how this came about […]
NOVUM team and friends plant 400 trees on the club mountain
Out of the office, into nature! Freely following this motto, in March the team of NOVUM went for the second time to a tree planting event for employees, project partners and friends. The aim of the event: to do something together for the environment and spend an unforgettable day in nature! No sooner said than […]
INOMO: Battery storage from vehicle batteries
After many years of experience in the automotive industry, Thomas Kubbe provides corporate customers with the high-tech company INOMO Technologies GmbH battery storage from used vehicle batteries as a series product. AI-based technology for battery diagnostics and battery storage monitoring are indispensable here — especially because major automotive manufacturers are now also interested in INOMO. […]
Cooperation: VARTA research relies on artificial intelligence for longer battery storage life
Joint project with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, NOVUM engineering GmbH and TWT GmbH Science & Innovation ©VARTA AG Together with renowned partners, the battery specialist VARTA is developing in the Research project “Longer” a battery management based on machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). It is intended to describe the typical modes […]
Fast, safe and cheap: NOVUM enables recycling of used batteries from lift trucks with the help of artificial intelligence
What to do with old and defective batteries from lift trucks? Manufacturers and users from the intralogistics industry face this challenge every day. Through NOVUM, companies have been getting a fast, safe and affordable solution since 2022: AI-based analysis tools — which check batteries, battery modules and even battery cells for their condition, remaining capacity and residual value within seconds. With surprising results: Most batteries are still ideally suited to start a second or even third life cycle, e.g. in forklifts and battery storage systems.
The battery passport for electric cars is coming — Dr. Dominic Fertig from NOVUM explains the backgrounds
More transparency. More sustainability. More security. — The new battery passport is expected to fundamentally change the way batteries from e‑cars are handled. At the same time, implementation still raises question marks among many affected companies. Physicist and project manager Dr. Dominic Fertig from the recycling company UMICORE has accompanied the conception of a design for the battery pass itself and explains the background.
