Mitsubishi Chemical Group Presents Lightweight Advanced Energy Storage System

The partnered collaboration features Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MCG) with a diverse fiber-reinforced composite material portfolio for advanced energy storage systems, EDAG contributing its key engineering services to the mobility sector, and Kreisel Electric, specialized in designing and manufacturing battery storage systems. The latest design overcomes many of the concerns surrounding traditional electric vehicle (EV) battery enclosures. Typically, these are produced from heavy metallic profiles which can have a negative impact on overall weight and vehicle performance.

By switching to composite materials, this battery concept can meet the requirements for battery housings for electric vehicles, while at the same time, being significantly lighter in weight.

John Conn, Engineering Project Manager at Mitsubishi Chemical Group, commented: “This is an exciting breakthrough that can make a real difference to the electric vehicle market, which is growing quickly as more people move to EVs. In addition to being extremely lightweight, the functional composite structure offers robust performance, high safety levels, and strong durability.”