KEMA participates in international consortium to integrate battery switching technology into electric cars

EASYBAT first project for electric car battery switching technology supported by European Commission

Together with in total 11 partners KEMA is cooperating in the EASYBAT project to develop interfaces for switching a battery in and out of an electric car quickly and safely. The consortium consists of (in alphabetical order): Better Place (Israel), Continental Engineering Services GmbH (Germany), Danish Technological Institute (Denmark), Ernst & Young (Israel), Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung (Germany), KEMA (Netherlands), Renault (France), RWTH Aachen University (Germany), Technische Universität München (Germany), TÜV Rheinland (Germany) and University of Haifa (Israel).

KEMA, together with TÜV Rheinland, will ensure that European safety standards are met. KEMA will also study the impact of switching and external recharging on battery cycle life. Please download the full press release on the right hand site of this web page.