EASYBAT - Models and generic interfaces for easy and safe Battery insertion and removal in electric vehicles
Overview
Background & policy context:
The EASYBAT project was about electric cars and switchable batteries. Standardized automobile components and interfaces were developed within the framework of this project. This enabled European automobile and battery manufacturers to easily integrate battery switching technology into their electric car platform.
The Battery is the Car: new traction battery packs make the fully electric plug-in vehicles more and more capable. Their share of the price of the car is set to become even more dominant. Factors driving this include the strident demand for better car range. Battery packs increasingly incorporate electronics for safety and power conversion. The integration of these new complex battery packs presents major challenges especially considering the current lack of standards.
Objectives:
EASYBAT's main mission was to address these integration challenges by defining new concepts for the smart insertion of batteries and by developing in particular generic interfaces for electric vehicles. This research worked towards enabling smooth battery integration and swaps. The creation of the EASYBAT integration system for electric vehicles was also set as a goal of the project.
Methodology:
The EASYBAT project approach was to:
- develop generic interfaces to improve interoperability between the battery system modules and the vehicle on board-systems and
- develop new components for an easy safe location and quick integration of the battery in the vehicle; at each stage of the project, the EASYBAT partners will assess the feasibility of the overall battery swapping concept considering costs, logistics, and environmental aspects.
Based on these parameters, the EASYBAT system performance was to be compared to alternative solutions for electric vehicles.
The EASYBAT consortium included a major electric vehicle services provider,one of the top global OEMs, a leading automotive supplier, research institutes covering fields of expertise such as safety security,interfaces and communication protocols, electric vehicles' electrical architecture, and standardization within the IEC/ISO.
The EASYBAT partners were to offer solutions enabling cost effective, environmental friendly switchable battery packs that contribute to unleashing the electric vehicles potential for a wider use.
The EASYBAT project was divided in specified work packages which were all assigned to a determined party within the project team for execution. Steps necessary for the completion of the work packages are defined.
The EASYBAT project consistsed of 9 work packages:
Work Package 1: System Requirements & Use-cases Definition
Work Package 2: Economics Environmental Impact and Feasibility Benchmark Study
Work Package 3: System Architecture Design
Work Package 4: Generic Battery Interfaces Definition and Development
Work Package 5: Battery Packaging, Vehicle Integration Models and Safety Aspects
Work Package 6:Battery Operation Cycle Management and Communication with the Vehicle and Battery Swap Mechanism
Work Package 7:Integration, Validation and Field Testing
Work Package 8:Dissemination, Standardization and Exploitation of Results
Work Package 9:Management
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