Automotive & Transportation

Electromobility

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Tightening CO₂ regulations and rising air pollution in megacities trigger an increase of alternative powertrain vehicles. In addition to improving cars with combustion engines, chemistry is also making a major contribution to the electromobility (eMobility/E-Mobility) market. From the charging column to the cable and the plug, from the wiring to the battery inside the car – BASF creates the materials, technologies and solutions for future powertrain concepts.

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What you can expect from us

Advancing electromobility

Chemistry as an enabler
Comprehensive technology know-how
Customized and off-the-shelf solutions
Deep market knowledge and industry network
Interconnections in value chain for electric vehicles

Examples

How we drive electromobility

Automotive fluids - cool future electromobility

Various GLYSANTIN^® premium engine coolants are already used to ensure cooling of electric vehicles in the market and – even more importantly – on the road. Yet, evolving mobility solutions and powertrain technologies lead to additional requirements for coolant technologies. Continuously rethinking cooling, GLYSANTIN^® has developed the GLYSANTIN^® ELECTRIFIED^® product family addressing the specific requirements of modern mobility concepts.

With its low conductivity GLYSANTIN^® G22^® ELECTRIFIED^® maintains low and stable currents when exposed to a voltage source. This translates into low fluid decomposition, low generation of hydrogen, and low self-discharge, making it a safety optimized product for battery electric vehicles.

Performance materials - materializing eMobility ambitions

Almost every aspect of eMobility is impacted by chemistry starting with the cathode and anode materials and electrolytes needed to optimize battery performance.

Our diverse portfolio of performance materials that includes engineering plastics, epoxy systems and polyurethanes can be used to create a variety of high quality and sustainable components including battery pack housings, cell frames, cables, connectors and charging stations.

From the charging column to the cable and the plug, from the wiring to the battery inside the car – we create materials and technologies for future powertrain concepts.

Battery materials – powering today's electric vehicles

BASF’s broad battery materials portfolio includes advanced cathode active materials and high-performance anode binders for lithium-ion batteries. Cathode materials cover Nickel Cobalt Aluminum (NCA) oxides and Nickel Cobalt Manganese (NCM) oxides, which play a key role in determining battery performance, energy density, service life and safety. Our anode binder series is suitable for pure graphite as well as silicon-containing anodes and enables higher capacity, increased number of charge / discharge cycles and reduced charging times. Our global research set-up and global battery materials business enable us to provide a broad expertise to our customers in the development of new battery materials. BASF is committed to serving the lithium-ion battery industry with materials, innovations and technologies that can bring battery performance of end applications such as full electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles to the next level.

Polyamide – long term toughness fuel cell solution

The polyamide Ultramid^® is convincing thanks to its extensive profile: good thermal and chemical resistance, dynamic strength, toughness and good long-term service properties.

With Ultramid^® A3EG7 EQ, a material is available that is ideally suited for sensitive applications in the electrical industry due to its special purity requirements.

Driving Electromobility forward.