Insights into the new European Battery Regulation

Interview with Dr. Mareike Partsch from the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS “I take a positive view of the new battery regulation!” — After more than 20 years in battery and fuel cell development, Dr. Mareike Partsch, Head of the ‘Mobile Energy Storage Systems and Electrochemistry’ department at the Fraunhofer Institute for […]

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.