Digitalisation makes the production of batteries for e-vehicles, among other things, cheaper and cleaner. This is the conclusion of a study by Fraunhofer FFB and Accenture. With digital solutions, a cell factory for lithium-ion batteries with a capacity of 40 gigawatt hours can save up to 27 million euros and almost 10 per cent of its emissions every year.

For the study, Fraunhofer FBB and Accenture interviewed 143 battery and digitalisation experts, mainly from European and North American companies, in two stages. Firstly, the experts identified particularly effective use cases for digital solutions in battery production. These cases were integrated into a model of a battery factory with a capacity of 40 gigawatt hours, which the experts used to calculate and assess potential savings for each use case and production step.

The study "The Power of Digitalisation in Battery Cell Manufacturing" is available in English and can be downloaded here free of charge.

• Press release "The Power of Digitalisation in Battery Cell Manufacturing"