FINAL EVENT

MARBEL project outcomes - Next generation battery pack for the automotive industry

This event aims to show the experiences, knowledge and results derived from the European MARBEL project, aimed at manufacturing and assembling innovative modular and reusable Electric Vehicle batteries for environment-friendly and lightweight mobility.

Attendees will delve into the details of manufacturing advanced EV battery solutions, from a methodology to incorporate eco-design principles in battery design to the battery management system and innovations behind. Moreover, innovative testing procedures and battery packs’ performance evaluation for a battery reuse in second life applications will be presented.

During the event attendees will have the possibility to gain firsthand insights with MARBEL’s battery packs and modules.

19 March 2025

8.30 AM - 17.15 PM

English

Centro Ricerche FIAT

Via Fausto (end of the road), 10043 Orbassano (TO), Italia

Online streaming

about MARBEL

The European MARBEL project creates a lightweight, high-performance battery with greater energy density and faster charging to boost the adoption of electric vehicles, playing a crucial role in advancing sustainable mobility and reducing environmental impact.
TARGET AUDIENCE

Agenda

8.30 – Registration for onsite attendees
9.00 –  OPENING PLENARY: Welcome, keynote and MARBEL overview 

9.00 – Welcome and introduction to MARBEL final conference 

9.10 – MARBEL results overview

Eduard Piqueras, MARBEL project coordinator, Eurecat

9.25 – Keynote “Global Materials for electrification” 

Dr. Nello Li Pira, PhD Global R&I Materials Manager, Stellantis

9.50 – Questions & Answers

10.00 – SESSION 1: Circular and lightweight design in high performance battery packs

10.00Modular and easy to disassembly battery pack design to be scaled for different vehicle segments

Toni Lara, Researcher at the Product Innovation & Multiphysics Simulation Unit, Eurecat

10.15Ecodesign principles and LCA results

Violeta Vargas, PhD Advanced Researcher at Sustainable Impact Research Group, Eurecat

10.30AI alloy for high performance profiles with recycled material

Sylvia Cruz, Researcher at the Metallic and Ceramic Materials Unit, Eurecat

10.45Welding of extruded aluminium: Challenges and some mitigating measures

Magnus Carl Fredrik Eriksson, PhD Senior Business Developer at Department of Materials and Nanotechnology, SINTEF

11.00Weldless Busbars for cell-to-cell connection

Antonio Confalonieri, Chief Engineer, Co-Design & Innovation, Agrati

11.15Questions & Answers 

11.25 – COFFEE BREAK & Exhibition of MARBEL 
11.45 – SESSION 2: MARBEL’s battery pack high-performance systems 

11.45Improved cooling system design and control system

Sándor Eichinger, Technical Lead, Battery Simulation, AVL-Deutschland GmbH

12.00 – Switchable high-voltage (800V) automotive Junction Box

Alberto Gómez, e-Mobility Advanced Engineering Master, FICOSA Automotive 

12.15Flexible and modular BMS

Lluís Trilla, Researcher at Power Systems Group, IREC

12.30 – Li-Ion battery digital twin and machine learning-based prognostics

Alexandros Bousdekis, Senior Research Scientist at the Information Management Unit, ICCS

12.45Smart cell manager and secure wireless communication system

David Gutierrez, Project Manager, OTC Engineering

13.00 – Questions & Answers

13.10 – NETWORKING LUNCH
14.00 –  SESSION 3: (dis)Assembly and testing MARBEL’s battery pack performance and end-of-life  

14.00 – Assembly and Disassembly MARBEL’s battery
pack

Antonio Decano, Senior Production Engineer, AVL-IT

14.15 – eVIL (electric-vehicle-in-the-loop) platform

IDIADA

14.30 – MARBEL Testing procedures and results 

Daniel Koch, Research Associate at research group “Safe Electromobility”, THI – CARISSMA

14.45 – Non-invasive electrical control and safe efficient opening pack methods 

Farouk Tedjar, Group Chief Scientific Officer, SK-TES

15.00 – Questions & Answers

15.10 – COFFEE BREAK & Exhibition of MARBEL 
15.30 – SESSION 4: COLLABAT, Advanding sustainable mobility solutions

15.30 – LIBERTY: main developments and achievements

Maider Usabiaga-Carrera, Researcher at the Energy Storage and Energy Management group, Ikerlan Technology Centre

15.45 – HELIOS results – hybrid modular EV battery pack solution 

Tomas Jezdinsky, Market Researcher as In-house Consultant to ICA-Europe, International Copper Association

16.00 – ALBATROSS results 

Aysel Pilav, R&D Expert, Yeşilova

16.15 – Presentation of new cluster members: iBATTMAN and innoBMS

Corneliu Barbu, Professor, Aarhus University

16.35 – Discussion with MARBEL 

17.00 – CONFERENCE CLOSING