Webinars

(FREE) BAUM & ASSOCIATES: Going Electric – But How, When, and By Whom?

Sales of battery electrics are surging, but the market is unsettled. In the last year companies have piled on the price increases, while mostly failing to meet their own production goals. But companies throughout the industry are ramping up their spending, with public investment (and regulation) pouring in as well.

Is the focus on the high end or is the market moving mainstream? Yes.

We will discuss product successes and failures, and what it will take for the latter to become the former. We will evaluate the major players including their key products, marketing approaches, and whether they have and/or will hit the mark.

We will 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
• The industry is throwing a party, albeit with different levels of commitment, sales, and production strategies
• Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act and forthcoming EPA and California regulations
• Opportunities and risks due to the evolving battery and materials market

A PDF copy of the presentation will be sent to all attendees after the event.

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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B-SCIENCE.NET: R&D Pathways Towards High-Energy Liquid, Semi-Solid and Solid Li-Ion Batteries

With our unique machine learning (ML)-supported innovation and patent analysis approach, we have made in-depth studies of emerging high energy positive & negative active materials, and how they can be combined with liquid, semi-solid or solid electrolytes to obtain improved performance / safety / cost profiles in EVs, consumer electronics, IoT, etc.

This presentation will illustrate R&D pathways that are being pursued by key commercial players, identifying opportunities and risks of varying approaches.

This webinar will focus on the following key topics:

• High energy positive and negative electrode active materials
• Combination with liquid, semi-solid and solid electrolytes
• Opportunities and risks of different material permutations
• Key commercial players pursuing varying approaches

A PDF copy of the presentation will be sent to all attendees after the event.

Presenter
Pirmin Ulmann – Co-Founder & CEO, B-Science.net

Pirmin Ulmann is co-founder and CEO of b-science.net, a battery innovation & patent monitoring service that is based on a novel machine learning approach. He obtained a diploma in chemistry from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) in 2004, and a PhD from Northwestern University (USA) in 2009. Thereafter, he was a JSPS Foreign Fellow at the University of Tokyo (Japan). From 2010 to 2016, while working at a major battery materials manufacturer in Switzerland, he was a co-inventor of 7 patent families on lithium-ion batteries. He holds the credential Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM), and has co-authored scientific publications with over 1,800 citations.

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(FREE) NUVATION ENERGY: Battery Management System Impacts on Energy Storage

Battery management systems impact the utility, effectiveness, and life of an energy storage system. Passive balancing is less expensive than active balancing, but weaker cells or modules may need to be replaced near the end of the ESS’s lifespan. Active balancing transfers energy from stronger to weaker cells, but at a higher system cost and design complexity.

System down time is associated with both approaches and carries such a high opportunity cost that innovations in this area may be of greater importance than the type of balancing being employed.

Join Nuvation Energy CEO Michael Worry for an exploration of the current state of the art in battery cell balancing, and how BMS innovations will impact the future of stationary energy storage.

This webinar will focus on the following key topics:

• A stationary ESS orientation on battery management
• Understanding balancing-related down time
• Comparing active and passive balancing
• Innovations in battery management

A PDF copy of the presentation will be sent to all attendees after the event.

Presenter
Michael Worry – CEO, Nuvation Energy

Michael Worry founded Nuvation in 1997 and has grown the company into a thriving energy storage and engineering services firm with offices in Sunnyvale, California and Waterloo, Ontario Canada. He is the CEO and CTO of Nuvation Energy, a provider of energy controls and battery management solutions for large-scale energy storage. Part of Nuvation’s success is Michael still enjoys being a hands-on engineer and occasionally joins energy storage system installations at client sites.

Nuvation Energy is a proud sponsor of this event.

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