Program:
AMPED
Award:
$4,245,658
Location:
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Status:
ALUMNI
Project Term:
01/01/2013 - 03/06/2017

Technology Description:

Robert Bosch is developing battery monitoring and control software to improve the capacity, safety, and charge rate of electric vehicle batteries. Conventional methods for preventing premature aging and failures in electric vehicle batteries involve expensive and heavy overdesign of the battery and tend to result in inefficient use of available battery capacity. Bosch would increase usable capacity and enhance charging rates by improving the ability to estimate battery health in real-time, to predict and manage the impact of charge and discharge cycles on battery health, and to minimize battery degradation.

Potential Impact:

If successful, Bosch's advanced battery management system would maximize battery performance, resulting in a 30% increase in available capacity while reducing manufacturing cost by 25%.

Security:

Advances in energy storage management could reduce the cost and increase the adoption of electric vehicles and renewable energy storage technologies, which in turn would reduce our nation's dependence on foreign sources of energy.

Environment:

Improving the reliability and safety of electric vehicles and renewable energy storage facilities would enable more widespread use of these technologies, resulting in a substantial reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.

Economy:

Enabling alternatives to conventional sources of energy could insulate consumers, businesses, and utilities from unexpected price swings.

Contact

ARPA-E Program Director:
Dr. Patrick McGrath
Project Contact:
Sungbae Park
Press and General Inquiries Email:
ARPA-E-Comms@hq.doe.gov
Project Contact Email:
Sungbae.Park@nl.bosch.com

Partners

University of California, San Diego
Cobasys

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Release Date:
04/02/2012