Volkswagen of America inici\u00f3 anoche la construcci\u00f3n de su Laboratorio de Ingenier\u00eda de Bater\u00edas en su Centro de Ingenier\u00eda y Planificaci\u00f3n de Chattanooga. La instalaci\u00f3n, valorada en 22 millones de d\u00f3lares, probar\u00e1 y validar\u00e1 c\u00e9lulas y paquetes de bater\u00edas de veh\u00edculos el\u00e9ctricos para la regi\u00f3n de Norteam\u00e9rica.<\/p>\n
El ampliaci\u00f3n en la planta de Volkwagen en Chattanooga<\/a> en el estado de Tennessee est\u00e1 en pleno apogeo desde agosto. La empresa se est\u00e1 preparando para lanzar aqu\u00ed el VW ID.4 en grandes cantidades. El laboratorio de bater\u00edas ahora en construcci\u00f3n hab\u00eda formado parte de los planes desde el principio.<\/p>\n Seg\u00fan ha confirmado ahora VW, el centro de desarrollo contar\u00e1 con una mesa de agitaci\u00f3n multieje (MAST) especialmente dise\u00f1ada para coches el\u00e9ctricos. Ayuda a los ingenieros a simular en el laboratorio el estr\u00e9s mec\u00e1nico de las malas condiciones de la carretera. \"Necesit\u00e1bamos construir una MAST que pudiera soportar la inmensa fuerza y frecuencia que necesitamos para probar estas bater\u00edas\", afirma Jason Swager, Director de Desarrollo El\u00e9ctrico de Volkswagen of America. Para la MAST, dice, Volkswagen desarroll\u00f3 herramientas a medida en lugar de utilizar componentes comprados.<\/p>\n Otros equipos de pruebas incluir\u00e1n probadores de presi\u00f3n e inmersi\u00f3n, c\u00e1maras de corrosi\u00f3n y cinco c\u00e1maras clim\u00e1ticas con clasificaci\u00f3n de explosi\u00f3n. La instalaci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n contar\u00e1 con cicladores de carga regenerativa que pueden devolver energ\u00eda al edificio o a la red, seg\u00fan Volkswagen.<\/p>\n En un \u00e1mbito m\u00e1s amplio, el laboratorio de ingenier\u00eda de Chattanooga tambi\u00e9n forma parte del esfuerzo de Volkswagen por localizar todos los aspectos del desarrollo y la producci\u00f3n de veh\u00edculos. Las pruebas y la validaci\u00f3n actuales de las bater\u00edas tienen lugar en dos laboratorios de Alemania, Braunschweig y Wolfsburgo, junto con instalaciones chinas en Shangh\u00e1i y Changchun. Probar y validar los componentes de las bater\u00edas en Chattanooga permitir\u00e1 a los ingenieros aplicar m\u00e1s r\u00e1pidamente las lecciones aprendidas a la producci\u00f3n local, afirma Volkswagen.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Volkswagen of America inici\u00f3 anoche la construcci\u00f3n de su Laboratorio de Ingenier\u00eda de Bater\u00edas en su Centro de Ingenier\u00eda y Planificaci\u00f3n de Chattanooga. La instalaci\u00f3n de 22 millones de d\u00f3lares probar\u00e1 y<\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":122463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9927],"tags":[10230,13682,10217,12320,609,567],"class_list":["post-143594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-battery-fuel-cell","tag-batteries","tag-battery-cells","tag-battery-research","tag-chattanooga","tag-usa","tag-volkswagen"],"acf":{"inhalt_teil2":" “Testing batteries in the U.S. at this world-class lab helps us get vehicles to market faster, at lower cost and better tuned for U.S. customers,” added Dr Wolfgang Demmelbauer-Ebner, EVP and Chief Engineering Officer, Volkswagen of America.<\/p>\n Local politicians also welcomed the localisation effort.<\/p>\n At the same time, Volkswagen will still leave the production of the cells to a partner. The company wants to get cells for MEB production in Tennessee from a new battery plant from the Korean cell supplier SK Innovation in the neighbouring US state of Georgia. So Volkswagen will test and optimise Georgia-manufactured battery cells at the new lab, as the manufacturer now confirmed.<\/p>\n The decision followed earlier issues when SK Innovation was prohibited from importing critical components into the USA in a legal dispute with its Korean competitor LG Chem<\/a>. The resolution appears preliminary though with the final ruling by the ITC now expected in December. Initial reports had expected a decision in late October. Roh Woo-ho, an analyst at Mertiz Securities interviewed by Reuters<\/em>, said the delay could indicate the ITC “is facing difficulties making the final determination on the case, considering the impact it will bring to industrial issues in the United States including job issues.” Ford too expects to rely on cells made by SK Innovation in Georgia and is currently building out<\/a> its American plants for electric vehicles.<\/p>\n Volkswagen did confirm US production of the ID.4 all-electric SUV to begin in 2022. The current information did not disclose a date for completion of the battery lab. Earlier announcements suggested spring 2021 for full operability.<\/p>\n vw.com<\/a>, reuters.com<\/a> (LG Chem vs SK Innovation)<\/p>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}