Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its new eCampus at its Stuttgart-Untertürkheim headquarters, marking a big step within the firm’s dedication to EV know-how. The power, which opened in a ceremony attended by German Federal Minister Robert Habeck and Baden‑Württemberg’s Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann, will function a competence centre for cell and battery improvement for future electrical autos.
The eCampus goals to develop modern chemical compositions and optimized manufacturing processes for high-performance cells with “Mercedes-Benz DNA,” with the aim of lowering battery prices by greater than 30 % within the coming years. The power covers your complete spectrum of battery and cell know-how, from improvement and analysis of latest cell chemistries to industrial-scale cell manufacturing and testing of full battery items.
Ola Källenius, Chairman of the Board of Administration of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, emphasised the significance of the eCampus within the firm’s sustainable enterprise technique, stating it, “signifies a transparent dedication to a extra sustainable future and to the lengthy heritage of our Stuttgart-Untertürkheim location.”
The eCampus will function in two phases. The primary stage, already operational, features a 10,000-square-metre manufacturing unit for industrial manufacturing of battery cells. The “Industrial Cell Lab” can produce tens of hundreds of cells yearly for creating future battery generations. The second stage, set to be accomplished by the top of the 12 months, will home a battery ramp-up manufacturing unit and a take a look at and proving centre.
“On the new eCampus, we are able to pool and develop our complete analysis and improvement experience throughout your complete electrical drive system much more successfully,” says Markus Schäfer, Member of the Board of Administration of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Chief Expertise Officer. “This presents us new alternatives for sustainable improvements in cell chemistry. In Untertürkheim, we cowl your complete improvement course of, from cell chemistry to certification. Excessive-voltage batteries are on the coronary heart of electrical mobility and their cells are the important thing to effectivity, vitality density and useful resource conservation. Our intention is to develop the proper cell design with ‘Mercedes-Benz DNA’ right here in Untertürkheim and to include it into our suppliers’ future battery cell generations.”
Mercedes-Benz is creating varied cell chemistries, together with lithium-ion cells with high-silicon anodes and cobalt-free cathode chemistries, in addition to solid-state battery know-how. The corporate goals to extend vitality density to as much as 900 Wh/l by these new applied sciences.
The eCampus is constructed on the location of former buildings with a wealthy historical past in combustion engine element manufacturing. As a competence centre for future drive applied sciences, it performs a vital position within the transformation of the 120-year-old plant, positioning Mercedes-Benz on the forefront of electrical automobile innovation.
