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    Modeling Mechanical Abuse and Short Circuit of EV Batteries

    As electric vehicles (EVs) become more widespread, ensuring lithium-ion battery safety during collisions is increasingly important. Mechanical impacts can cause internal damage, leading to short circuits, thermal runaway, or explosions. Protective enclosures help reduce deformation, but effective design demands accurate failure predictions. This webinar presents a comprehensive approach for modeling mechanical abusive loads on EV batteries, incorporating experiments, material characterization and the Sahraei Failure Criterion—a universal failure model based on microstructural simulations of the electrode-separator assembly. Model validations will be presented across various cell types and loading scenarios in commercial software such as Ansys LS-Dyna and Altair Radioss. Combined with multi-scale simulations, this framework supports the development of safer, more resilient battery systems for EVs.

    This webinar will focus on the following key topics:

    • Experimental Methods for Material Characterization
    • Multiscale Modeling from Components to Cells and Battery Packs
    • Short Circuit Prediction with Sahraei Failure
    • Applicability to Pouch, Cylindrical and Prismatic Cells

    Presenter
    Elham Sahraei – Associate Professor at Temple University

    Elham Sahraei is an Associate Professor and Director of the Electric Vehicle Safety Lab at Temple University. Her research focuses on lithium-ion battery safety under extreme mechanical loading. She is the founder of the Center for Battery Safety, advancing experimental and simulation methods for battery modeling. Her work is supported by the automotive industry, software companies, state agencies, and the U.S. Navy. Previously, she was a Research Scientist and Co-Director of the MIT Battery Consortium. Dr. Sahraei holds a Ph.D. from George Washington University. She has received multiple awards for her research and contributes extensively to conferences on battery safety and crashworthiness.

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    The US Electric Vehicle Market – Ruled by Demand or Supply?

    Sales of battery electrics are surging, but the market is unsettled. High prices have hurt demand, as high costs due to lack of scale and supplier and manufacturer production problems have occurred.

    Short-term financial pressures and regulatory requirements, which do not require high BEV volumes in the short-term, enable companies to back off on the timing and extent of some of their investments.

    But 2026 looks a lot different than 2024, and the North American market does not operate in a vacuum. We will address what companies have achieved, where they’ve come up short, and what the future holds.

    We will also assess the outlook for industry participants as changes in production, manufacturing and design techniques, regulation, and battery technologies evolve.

    This webinar will focus on the following key topics:

    • Current Sales and Products forecasted to 2030
    • Company plans are in flux for multiple reasons
    • Regulatory impact is significant and unclear
    • The evolving Battery and Materials market adds uncertainty and opportunity

    Presenter
    Alan Baum – Principal, Baum & Associates

    Alan Baum formed Baum & Associates in August 2009. The company produces a detailed sales forecast, market analysis, and product life cycle for the range of electrified vehicles and provides monthly sales results for these vehicles. Baum analyzes the impact of alternative fuel vehicles as well as advanced technologies in internal combustion engines that provide improved fuel economy. He consults with suppliers, the financial community, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations. Since the 1980s, Baum has produced an automotive production forecast with detailed analysis of the automotive market.

    PlugVolt is a proud sponsor of this event.

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    Manufacturing Analytics to Improve Battery Quality and Accelerate Factory Ramp

    The battery industry is racing to develop new manufacturing capacity as the EV and energy storage industries continue to outpace market expectations. Companies across the battery ecosystem have begun building new factories while facing the reality of long yield ramp times, supply chain immaturity, and a shortage of expertise — the typical gigafactory will take several years & billions in investment before reaching profitability.

    In this webinar, we’ll review the industry’s first software solution that enables battery manufacturers to rapidly understand cell quality and the link to upstream production and materials characteristics. This insight, when paired with the ability to control and improve production quality at unprecedented speeds, helps accelerate production ramp and improve overall cell quality.

    This webinar will focus on the following key topics:

    • Challenges around battery manufacturing scale-up and quality across industries
    • Understanding parallels from the semiconductor industry
    • Accelerating production ramp and improving yield, while reducing costs
    • Leveraging AI and ML capabilities to surface quality problems ASAP
    • How a fully integrated analytics solution can speed up battery manufacturing

    Presenter
    Dr. Tal Sholklapper – Co-Founder & CEO at Voltaiq

    Tal has an extensive record of success as a cleantech engineer and entrepreneur. Prior to founding Voltaiq, he worked as the lead engineer on a DOE ARPA-E funded project at the CUNY Energy Institute, developing an ultra low-cost grid-scale battery. Before joining CUNY, Tal co-founded Point Source Power, a low cost fuel-cell startup based on technology he developed while at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley, where he also did his graduate work in Materials Science and Engineering. As a Materials Postdoctoral Fellow at LBNL, he successfully led the transfer of lab-scale technology to industry partners.

    Voltaiq is a proud sponsor of this event.

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    Advanced Thermal Foams for Battery Pack Protection

    The risk of thermal runaway in lithium-ion battery systems remains a critical challenge, necessitating advanced thermal management solutions for improved safety and reliability. This study introduces a high-temperature resistant foam engineered to enhance battery pack protection through robust insulation and mechanical adaptability for pouch and prismatic cell form factors. The material demonstrates superior thermal resistance across both LFP and NMC chemistries, effectively mitigating heat propagation and maintaining structural integrity under extreme conditions. Designed for versatility, the foam can be integrated across battery components —cell-to-cell pads, vent covers, and gaskets. It provides thermal barrier protection, high-temperature sealing, and targeted venting at the cell, module, and pack levels.

    This webinar will focus on the following key topics:

    • Multi-functional material that provides mechanical support and thermal protection
    • Mechanical properties’ tuning for pouch or prismatic form factors
    • Robust thermal insulation properties for LFP or NMC
    • Performance highlights from: i.) NMC811 testing, ii.) high temperature furnace & hot microscope study and iii.) preliminary benchmarking
    • Application case studies based on thermal protection at cell, module and pack level

    Presenters
    Dr. Katherine Shinopoulos – Senior Research Engineer at Saint Gobain
    Dr. Subhashini (Subha) Gunashekar – Business Development Manager at Saint Gobain

    Saint Gobain is a proud sponsor of this event.

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