University of Michigan to build EV battery lab
The battery research facility will be housed in a 25,000-square-foot addition to the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute building on North Campus. It will include three battery laboratories, auxiliary support areas, a substation and a facility for battery cell testing, among other capabilities, as the University specifies.
In addition to the Transportation Research Institute, the University of Michigan EV Center will open an 8,000-square-foot, off-campus space to nearly double the current lab’s size in April. The addition to the facility will “house a new pilot line where users can manufacture battery cells at small scales for testing, and an industry-leading automated laser welding system that allows users to assemble and then test battery modules and battery packs composed of those cells.” The EV research center was opened in late 2023.
Building the state-of-the-art facility is expected to cost about 60 million dollars, and has been approved by the University’s governing Board of Regents in February. The funds will come from the state of Michigan.
“This new facility will accelerate innovation, strengthen our partnerships with industry and help develop the highly skilled workforce needed to drive the future of electric mobility,” said Professor Alan Taub, director of the EV Center and the Robert H. Lurie Professor of Engineering.
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