October 21 – 22, 2025 | Klettwitz, Germany

Program

Here you see a recap of the program of the The SafeBattery Experience 2024. As soon as the program of the 2025 conference is finalized, you will find it here.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Welcome
Rainer Hoffmann - carhs.training gmbh

Drivers for Future Battery Safety

Chair: Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh

Battery Safety – A Holistic Approach in a Swappable World
Dr. Frank Kindermann - NIO GmbH

Introduction of NIO – its mission, its products, and its systematic approach
External safety measures on infrastructure level
Internal safety requirements of NIO’s batteries

Innovative Materials for Safe Battery Systems
Dr. Kim Dana Kreisköther - Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

Influences on battery safety like cell chemistry and battery design
Safety materials for EV-batteries
Application related testing procedure

Form Follows Function? How to Enable Rescue Operations.
Vera Hertler - Plant Fire Brigade Automotive

Insight into the practices of rescue & extrication teams in the context of electrified vehicles
Organisation of the fire service and its training using Germany as an example
Setting causes for thought for the design of rescue related vehicle functions

Current and Future Requirements

Chair: Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh

EV BATTERY SAFETY: Testing, Regulations and Standards
Thomas Carl - Intertek Deutschland GmbH

Overview of current safety standards and regulations for electric vehicle batteries
International and national tests, standards and regulations that apply in Europe, North America and China
Specific processes for the homologation of high-voltage components and other relevant vehicle regulations

Safety Testing of Batteries: Current Status and Future Needs
Dr. Natalia Lebedeva - European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Development of test procedures for regulatory purposes for automotive and stationary applications

Battery Safety in Legal Requirements and Consumer Ratings
Jan Krewinkel - Mercedes-Benz AG

Overview of automotive-relevant core requirements in the field of thermal propagation
Fokus on current and future ratings and regulations

Safe Battery Concepts

Chair: Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh

Comparison of Modular and Highly Integrated Battery Concepts With Respect to Loads on Cells
Dr. Johannes Fender, Dr. Simon Königs - BMW AG

Concept comparison of cell modules vs. Cell2Pack
Influence of the concepts on the properties of the storage system
Procedures and mechanisms for achieving comparable safety levels

Testing and Simulation

Chair: Dr.-Ing. Burkhard Eickhoff - carhs.training gmbh

SIMBAT: Combined Multi-Physics Battery Safety Model and Simulation for Pack Safety Assessment
Dr. Christoph Breitfuß, Alexander Kospach - Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH

Battery Safety
Coupled Multiphysics
Crash
Thermal Simulation,
Thermal Runaway Simulation

Simulation Models to Support the Design of Polymer-based Battery Housings against Thermal Runaway
Benjamin Schaufelberger - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI; Tobias Hall - Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG; Luis Otavio Cortes Magalhaes - Fraunhofer-Institut für Kurzzeitdynamik, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI

Motivating the simulation-based design of battery housings and derivation of requirements
Transferring the experimentally observed phenomenology during thermal runaway of pouch cells into simulation models
Capabilities and limitations of current modeling approach

How to Achieve noTP
Pascal Hermann - Farasis Energy Europe GmbH

Influence of Thermal Runaway Trigger on the Failing Behavior of Automotive Lithium-Ion Batteries
Dr. Andrey Golubkov - Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH

Factors influencing the failing behavior of a battery are discussed and results of failing state-of-the-art cells will be presented and discussed.
The focus will be on the comparison of trigger types and the influence of different settings for the same trigger type.
The results will be compared in the categories: thermal behavior, vent gas production and vent gas composition.

Sustainability in HV Battery Testing
Filip Klug - DEKRA Automobil GmbH

Overview of the possible testing techniques that can be used and how they fit into the sustainable world of testing technology

Introduction of the Live Demonstration Program at the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Stefan Hiermaier, Dr.-Ing. Michael Dlugosch, Dr. Jens Fritsch - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI

What is happening in China?

Chair: Dr.-Ing. Burkhard Eickhoff - carhs.training gmbh

Battery Safety and Unconventional Layouts of Battery Cells for Mitigating Fire Risk of Electric Vehicle in Collision Accidents
Prof. Dr. Qing Zhou, Dr. Yong Xia - Tsinghua University

Electric Vehicle Fire Safety System
Dr. Chen Bin - CMVR - China Merchants Testing Vehicle Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.

Current situation of electric vehicle fire safety technology
Electric Vehicle Fire Mechanisms
Electric vehicle fire prevention and control technology

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Short Presentations on Testing and Simulation Technologies

Welcome to EMI and Safety Instructions
Dr. Jens Fritsch - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI

General Overview of Fraunhofer EMI Activities in the Field of Battery Safety Research
Dr.-Ing. Michael Dlugosch - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI

Experience

Battery Safety Testing
Dr. Sebastian Schopferer - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI

Strain-Rate Dependent Mechanical Characterization and Post Mortem Analysis
Mahesh Thalwaththe Gedara, Dr. Thomas Kisters - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI

In-situ X-ray Imaging
Jonas Pfaff - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI

Propagation Experiments and Numerical Simulation
Benjamin Schaufelberger - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI

Linear Accelerator and Synchrotron
Dr. rer. nat. Malte Kurfiß, Dr. Siegfried Nau - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI

X-Ray Car Crash
Philipp Bösl - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI

Using Laptops and Similar Devices Safely on Aircraft
Dr.-Ing. Simon Holz - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI

Holistic Solution for Monitoring High-Voltage Batteries in Crash Environments Using LoRaWAN: Combining Safety and Innovation
Marko Martic - Kistler Instrumente GmbH

Measurement Technology for Electric Vehicles in Real Driving Conditions
Matjaž Strniša - Dewesoft d.o.o.