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Over 4 years of intensive research & development, the COBRA consortium has achieved significant advancements in Li-ion #battery technology, eliminating cobalt and enhancing all key components of the battery system. 🔋 🇪🇺 The project has successfully produced a prototype featuring an LNMO cathode and a composite anode of silicon and graphite, paired with an innovative battery management system. This system integrates advanced safety and efficiency features, including wireless communication and sophisticated sensors. By reducing dependency on #cobalt, the COBRA project promises significant benefits for the European battery industry by enhancing performance, safety, and sustainability. This last official market intelligence report celebrates the project's final results, diving into the key components developed by the project partners, which showcase advancements in cell chemistry, battery management systems, and manufacturing processes. These innovations ensure the new technology can be seamlessly integrated into production lines and scaled up for widespread market adoption. The report also includes insights from COBRA project coordinator, Jordi Jacas Biendicho of IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya, offering final reflections on the project's journey and celebrating its impressive achievements. Read it here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eeddPdn3 🙌 Do you want to support us in powering our Market Intelligence Reports? BECOME A SPONSOR!👇 We’d love to continue delivering valuable market intelligence reports on the battery industry. With the COBRA project now ending, new sponsorship opportunities are now available. 🚀 By becoming a sponsor, you’ll gain exposure to COBRA’s community of 2,000+ battery enthusiasts as well as 10,000+ users on evmarketreports.com, representing 3,000+ companies and governments. ✉ If you’re working in the battery field and share our enthusiasm for advancing battery technology, please reach out to us at [email protected]

The European Union is steadfast in its commitment to becoming a climate-neutral economy with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a core objective of the #EuropeanGreenDeal and in line with the Paris Agreement. To reinforce this commitment, the European Climate Law mandates a reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. Meeting these ambitious targets requires a rapid shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, with batteries playing a pivotal role in this transition, particularly within the transport and energy sectors. The EU’s strategic pivot towards electrification aims not only to meet #decarbonisation targets but also to enhance energy security by reducing dependency on foreign fuels. This transition is set to reshape the European #battery value chain, driving innovation, investment, and strategic autonomy in energy technology. 🇪🇺 🔋 📈 Our new #MarketIntelligence Report discusses the EU's battery strategy and policies, outlining the ambitions and challenges at the European level. Additionally, the report features insights from battery policy experts Fabrice Stassin and Wouter IJzermans (BEPA - Batteries European Partnership Association), providing a comprehensive overview of the current policy landscape, implementation challenges from an industrial perspective, and future prospects. Read it on our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/eRBfYCik 🙌 Do you want to support us in powering our Market Intelligence Reports? BECOME A SPONSOR!👇 We’d love to continue delivering valuable market intelligence reports on the battery industry. With the COBRA project now ending, new sponsorship opportunities are now available. By becoming a sponsor, you’ll gain exposure to COBRA’s community of 2,000+ battery enthusiasts as well as 10,000+ users on evmarketreports.com, representing 3,000+ companies and governments. If you’re working in the battery field and share our enthusiasm for advancing battery technology, please reach out to us at [email protected] Also, don't forget to sign up to receive the next issue of our report: https://lnkd.in/dWCkqqRQ

📢 COBRA's European consortium of 18 partners from the automotive industry, research, and technology specialists, has developed a complete cobalt-free lithium-ion battery system for electric vehicles. This system integrates a series of innovations in safety, control, and efficiency, intended for the next generation of batteries. 🔋With a budget of €12 million, COBRA, co-financed by the European Commission, has completed 4 years of this “ambitious plan” with a full demonstration of the system. The battery pack, designed to be lighter, also incorporates innovative sensors, algorithms, and communications developed by the initiative. 🗣 According to Lluis Trilla, senior researcher at IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya, the lead partner of the project, the most complex challenge has been “the integration of all the innovations” into a “single demonstrator” made with materials such as treated wood and recycled aluminium, which have reduced its external weight by 30% compared to other batteries.   “The most interesting novelty is the innovative design of the BMS -Battery Management System- that incorporates internal wireless communications in the system, executing a series of algorithms and advanced models within the battery,” Trilla explained. “A lot of sensors” have been added to obtain “greater control” of the system. 💡The complete battery system, consisting of 96 individual cobalt-free lithium-ion cells, contains temperature, deformation, and impedance sensors that inform the user about its status. Additionally, a pressure sensor and a gas detector can detect any internal reaction, providing useful information for monitoring its operation at all times. 🗣Iván Viáfara Delgado, an engineer from the Applus+ IDIADA Battery Systems Department, considers this 400-volt demonstrator – the standard for batteries – to be “functional and relevant” since tests on the prototypes at the voltage and capacity level, although slightly lower than the standard, are applicable to the industry. The Spanish company, specialised in design, engineering, and certification services for the automotive industry, has been responsible, in collaboration with other consortium members, for planning and executing a set of tests for validating the prototype. To carry out this task, they adapted their internal system for conducting electrical safety, performance, and durability tests. Read more on our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/ey9hTZ5m

Europe is striving but struggling to establish a globally competitive battery value chain. 🇪🇺 🔋 While market demand for batteries is increasing, not only for electric vehicles but also for other mobility applications and stationary storage, Europe needs to realign its industrial strategy to meet this demand and strengthen the overall EU battery value chain. Despite progress and strong examples like Northvolt, a strongly developed, aligned, and collaborative EU R&I strategy is one of the key aspects needed to achieve this. 📈 Our new #MarketIntelligence Report explores the financial side of European battery R&I. It analyses the investments made by the EU battery industry in recent years, as well as looks into the key strategic actions proposed by the EU battery R&I community to be supported by public funding in the coming years. Read it on our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/e5YK8sSE 🙌 Do you want to support us in powering our Market Intelligence Reports? BECOME A SPONSOR!👇 We’d love to continue delivering valuable market intelligence reports on the battery industry. With the COBRA project coming to an end soon, new sponsorship opportunities are now available. By becoming a sponsor, you’ll gain exposure to COBRA’s community of 2,000+ battery enthusiasts as well as 10,000+ users on evmarketreports.com, representing 3,000+ companies and governments. If you’re working in the battery field and share our enthusiasm for advancing battery technology, please reach out to us at [email protected] Also, don't forget to sign up to receive the next issue of our report: https://lnkd.in/dWCkqqRQ

This might be the COBRA team's last group photo, taken today at our final general assembly meeting, marking the culmination of 4 years of dedicated research and collaboration! 🔋 COBRA's ambition was to develop the next generation of Cobalt-free Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Since January 2020, our consortium has worked tirelessly to overcome the current limitations of EV batteries by enhancing each component holistically. Our final tasks and deliverables are now being wrapped up and we are preparing for the project's final review meeting next month, where we will present our complete Cobalt-free Lithium-ion battery technology. We'll be publishing two more market intelligence reports soon, but until then, we'd like to thank all our great partners and LinkedIn followers for your support and engagement! ✨

Thanks to all who stopped by the COBRA booth at this year's BATTERY 2030+ Conference in Grenoble - COBRA's final dissemination event ahead of its conclusion in June! The 2024 edition welcomed over 320 participants from the European battery community. 🔋 Here are a few photos from the 2-day exhibition, including two posters from COBRA partners imec and IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya: 1️⃣ 'Phase Engineering Improves the Electrochemical Stability of Lithium-rich Cobalt-free Layered Oxides for Lithium-ion Batteries’ 2️⃣ ‘Advances on modelling Cobalt-free and Graphite-Silicon cells' We thank Kristina Edström and the Battery 2030+ team for inviting us to participate in such a brilliant event!

We are very excited to announce that we are an official exhibitor at this year's Battery 2030+ Conference in Grenoble, France! 🔋🇫🇷 REGISTRATION CLOSES TODAY, GRAB YOUR SPOT NOW ➡ https://lnkd.in/dJgzs6ks We're fast approaching this event on May 28th-29th, which will mark the final exhibition of the COBRA project before its conclusion in June. It's been a highly fruitful and rewarding four years developing cobalt-free lithium-ion #batteries for the #automotive industry, and we're thrilled to showcase our partners' hard work at our stand. Please do drop by and meet us - we look forward to discussing results and opportunities with you!

The search for sustainable materials to drive #emobility forward lies at the heart of the EU's decarbonisation program. During last month's inaugural joint workshop hosted by the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS), COBRA Project coordinator Jordi Jacas Biendicho presented his research on cobalt-free Li-rich oxides as a promising cathode material for generation 3b batteries. This event marked the beginning of a collaborative workshop series among the four University Chapters of the Materials Research Society and E-MRS (Paris, Cologne, Hasselt, and Genova). These workshops aim to spotlight pertinent themes within #MaterialsScience and promote further exchange and collaboration among Materials Science and Engineering stakeholders on both European and international scales. You can read more here ➡ https://lnkd.in/eKKjFhFJ Thank you for providing this platform to present COBRA's research!

📈In our latest #MarketIntelligence Report on Battery Housing, Denis Hock from aentron and Serkan Sevinc from Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt | Carissma provide insights into the developments within the COBRA project, focusing on battery pack weight reduction, modularity, fire retardancy, and sustainability. Download it from our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/dtHg5jUB 🙌 Do you want to feature in a future Market Intelligence Report? 🙌 We’re always on the lookout for contributors! If you’re working in the battery field and share our enthusiasm for advancing battery technology, we’d love to hear from you. Reach out to us at [email protected] Also, don't forget to sign up to receive a bi-monthly issue of our report: https://lnkd.in/dWCkqqRQ