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Safe Batteries for our Safe Everyday Life

Batteries are increasingly becoming a central element of our everyday lifes.They are becoming more powerful, more durable and more widespread – and therefore also need to become increasingly secure.

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Tips for E-Vehicle Safety in Summer

Bernhard Gadermaier, a researcher at the TU Graz Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, provides a chemical perspective on how batteries can be best protected.

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Are Batteries Safe?

Energy storage systems are becoming increasingly important, powerful and widespread. However, this also means that the demands on their safety and durability are growing.

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Protective Housing in Wood-Steel Hybrid Construction

Researchers at TU Graz have developed an environmentally friendly housing for electric car batteries. Their wood-steel construction performs excellently in safety experiments and simulations; it even…

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“Electric cars are definitely no less safe than combustion vehicles”

How safe electric cars are is the topic of many discussions at a regular’s table. Daniel Fruhwirt from TU Graz’s Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems explains how the…

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Battery4Life competence centre starts operations

The new COMET centre officially started operations on 1 April. Christian Ellersdorfer from the Institute for Vehicle Safety was appointed Managing Director.

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E-Mobility: TU Graz AI System Accelerates the Development of Powertrains

The new method optimises the technical design with regard to classic objectives such as costs, efficiency and package space requirements and also takes greenhouse gas emissions along the entire supply…

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Only One Megawatt is Powerful Enough

They are standard on trains, but on container ships still a dream of the future: Large electric motors are constantly evolving and are used for numerous applications. What are their advantages and…

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Open the Flap and Recharge

The charging process for electric cars is currently still an obstacle to their widespread use. An autonomous charging robot aims to make it easier, faster and more convenient.

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Dormant Capacity Reserve in Lithium-Ion Batteries Detected

Batteries undercut their theoretical capacity in practice, sometimes significantly. In a lithium iron phosphate cathode, researchers at TU Graz have now been able to observe exactly where the capacity…

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