Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Field operation

Second Life

Simulation of Battery formation post battery assembly

Finding co-relational models among production process and battery capacity

Remaining useful Life (RUL prediction

Precise in-field alerts

Data Feedback loop with edge devices (BMS optimization)

Use Cases

Material and environmental evaluation

Virtual simulation of lifetime testing

Thermal and battery sizing

Safety evaluation

Remaining useful Life (RUL prediction

Precise in-field alerts

Data Feedback loop to design and edge devices (BMS optimization)

Sample batch production data for similar chemistries, materials and coating data

Manufacturing execution systems (MES)

BMS, Drivetrain, synthetic data generators

Data Source

Battery Archive

Bespoke data pipelines

Battery Data Genome

Voltaiq Community

Anonymized full / partial lifecycle data

Knowledge of 2nd life application

Simulation with digital twin methodology, faster Go-to-market

“Battery formation” is the biggest bottleneck

Process improvement of complex electrode manufacturing

Increased energy efficiency

Decreased energy costs

Improved material recovery

Regulatory compliance

Data normalization over vast pool

Low ROI on continuous learning due to rapid change in battery technology architectures

Most data collection happens at operation time

Cross industry standard process (CRISP) and data mining is not very common among manufacturers

Connectivity, data formats, OTA channels

Data platform value over longer periods is not obvious

Introduction of tech in 2nd life tooling process

Not all batteries generate / collect data

Manufacturers / researchers

Manufacturers

OEMs / consumers/ Insurance operators

Manufacturers / recyclers / OEMs

Impact

Challenges Beneficiaries 134

Industry: Manufacturing

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