About Session
The EV Lab at TUM’s Institute of Automotive Technology makes electric vehicles more efficient, sustainable, and economical, from the battery cell to entire mobility systems. Our battery research combines techno-economic cell selection (sodium-ion vs. NMC and LFP), teardown and system characterization, cell-to-system aging analysis, impedance-based on-board diagnostics, lithium-plating detection, and fast-charging evaluation. At fleet level, NEFTON and SPIRIT-E demonstrate megawatt charging and bidirectional depot integration for heavy-duty trucks. Next, we bring these methods to construction machinery, where intensive duty cycles, harsh environments, and limited site charging infrastructure challenge battery sizing, lifetime, and safety. We also plan to extend them toward solid-state batteries, automation, and coupling with the energy system.
At the Technical University of Munich, an interdisciplinary network of more than 100 researchers, 13 professors, and 8 chairs across five faculties is researching battery systems along their entire value chain. TUM Battery
Why battery research?
Electrical energy storage and battery systems have become an indispensable part of our everyday lives. From laptops and mobile phones to homes and transport, they are essential for our communication and daily organisation. As a key technology for linking sectors, they are also a guarantee for success in the energy transition, especially when we think about the electrification of transport and the storage of renewable energy. Various technologies are being researched and optimised around the world. Developments are progressing rapidly. Today, the focus is still on lithium-ion systems, but the post-lithium-ion era is already in sight…
From materials research to manufacturing technology:
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has long been involved in the development of various storage technologies and battery systems. Thanks to its broad range of expertise and the networking of relevant players, it is able to carry out forward-looking and application-oriented research that meets interdisciplinary challenges.
The entire value chain can be considered, from basic research in the field of materials in the natural sciences, through cell development and process technologies in electrochemistry and electrical engineering, to integration in manufacturing technologies in mechanical engineering. The transfer from research to application takes place through strong networking with industry and business. For example, automated production processes are developed, tested and optimised with the participation of the automotive industry. In addition to scientific and technical aspects, business aspects of the value chain play an important role in all phases.
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