The innovative steel-wood hybrid construction of battery enclosures enables excellent crash safety, outstanding fire protection, and optimized weight. Additionally, this construction method offers a significantly better ecological balance compared to modern aluminum solutions.
In the SMADBatt project, we demonstrate that using underutilized material resources, such as thinning wood or recycled wood, can significantly reduce the costs of steel-wood hybrid constructions without compromising technical properties. At the same time, the environmental footprint is further improved. Furthermore, cork cell holders made from recycled materials are being investigated, which, in combination with phase change materials, aim to reduce the thermal stress on battery cells.
