October 08 – 09, 2025  |  Klettwitz, Germany

Program

 Wednesday, October 8, 2025 

Welcome

Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh

Welcome by DEKRA

International Requirements

Fire Safety Technology for Electric Vehicles

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
  • Fire Safety Assessment Technology for Electric Vehicles
  • About us

Assessment of the Risk of Vent Gases for Vehicle Occupants During a Thermal Runaway

Jan Krewinkel - Mercedes-Benz AG
  • Aspects of occupant protection in the event of thermal runaway incidents in the entire vehicle, taking into account current rating and certification requirements

European Requirements

New European Legal Requirements

Dr. Natalia Lebedeva - European Commission, Joint Research Centre
  • UN R.100 and thermal propagation requirements
  • Developments in other parts of the world
  • UN Global Technical Regulation on Electric Vehicle Safety

Accelerating Market Access Under the EU Batterie Regulation 2023/1542 + Sustainability LCA for Batteries

David Fernandez - DEKRA TC Spain; Ammar Nemat - DEKRA SE
  • Key requirements
  • Carbon footprint of an EV battery
  • Conformity assessment procedure 
  • Notified Body activity scope

Handling of Damaged HV Vehicles – From the Scene of the Accident to Disposal

Philipp Fuchs - KTI GmbH & Co. KG

Transfer to the DEKRA Battery Test Center

Insights: The Nio Battery Swap Station

Dr. Frank Kindermann, Belén Pose Suárez - NIO GmbH

Live Demonstrations at the DEKRA Battery Test Center

Transfer back to Pressesaal

Evening Reception

 

 Thursday, October 9, 2025 

Battery Concepts

LFP Blade Cell - How to Improve Safety and Structural Strength for EV Batteries

Albert Burgstaller - FinDreams Battery Co. Ltd. (Business unit for batteries within the BYD Group)
  • Differences between LFP and NCM – How to utilize intrinsic safety advantage
  • Advantages of "Blade Cell"- format compared to traditional prismatic and cylidrical cells
  • Cell to Body Technology - not only an energy storage also a structural component
  • Integrating digital intelligence - How AI and big data help to improve battery safety

Innovative Material Development for Battery Safety in Electromobility

Dr. Kim Dana Kreisköther - Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
  • Development of Materials (coatings, pottings) for Battery Safety on pack level
  • Simulation in material development
  • Application related testing procedure for batteries in Electromobility

Fiberceramic Foil for Thermal Runaway Protection / Methodology of Material Evaluation for Thermal Runaway Protection

Dr. Mathias Kunz - WPX Faserkeramik GmbH; Christoph Neumann - AMTAS GmbH

Hot particle jets, ejected from the burst disc after Thermal Runaway (TR) of a Lithium Ion battery, can damage or perforate the battery casing materials. WPX has developed a very thin, lightweight, and flexible fiberceramic foil to protect the thermal and electrical insulation layers and the battery case against particle jets. By integrating WPX BattShield into a multi layered battery casing, conditions of GTR-20 are met by thin, lightweight battery casings. The evaluation of battery casing/top cover materials by using real battery cells is expensive and harmful. For a pre-screening of potentially useable materials, quick and cost-efficient methods are required. As different approaches to simulate the effects of a hot particle/gas jet exist, one factor almost not taken into account until now is the initial pressure burst at the beginning of the venting. This pressure peak is the key feature of the AMTAS Rocket Test® and together with the adjustability of the resulting forces as well as temperatures, this method allows for the most realistic pre-screening method for battery cover materials currently available.

Vehicle Concepts

Renault's Strategy to Face the Upcoming Requirements

Dr. Aurélie Débart - AMPERE

Development- and Validationmethods

Thermal Runaway of Batteries – Simulation Models for Safety Assessment

Benjamin Schaufelberger - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
  • Discussion of important phenomena during thermal runaway and propagation
  • Outlining possible characterization experiments
  • Model development and validation for selected phenomena

From Bytes to Volts and Back: Present and Future of Digital Cell Development

Dr. Sven-Erik Pohl - Cellforce Group GmbH

A New Approach to Developing Battery Powered Products

Lukas Lutz - Battery Sphere GmbH
  • Ways to identify non-linear behavior, aging mechanisms and relevant mechanical properties of a cell
  • Advanced data mgmt software platform for battery data
  • AI simulation

High Efficient Data Management in Battery Testing

Catharina von Appen - DEKRA Automobil GmbH

Innovative Test Methods of Components in High Voltage Battery Systems

Philipp Kempf - Joyson Safety Systems Aschaffenburg GmbH
  • High Current Generation
  • Simulation of Height
  • Simulation of High Electric Fields in the Surrounding Area

Application-Oriented Thermal Characterization of Safety-Critical Cell Spacers Using the Guarded Heat Flow Method (GHFM)

Oliver Roser - Zentrum für Wärmemanagement ZFW GmbH
  • Role of cell spacers in battery systems
  • Importance of thermal characterization in research and development
  • Fundamentals of the Guarded Heat Flow Method (GHFM)
  • Advantages of GHFM compared to alternative characterization techniques
  • Selected results and material analyses from recent investigations

 

 

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