Lightweight Battery System for Extended Range at Improved Safety.

To design an electric vehicle battery that offers 500 km of range before ultra-fast recharging in just 18 minutes – and all this combined with a battery life expectancy in excess of 300,000 km, or 20 years. 

The European project LIBERTY will work towards this milestone along with CLEPA and 14 additional European partners ranging from Universities providing fundamental research, leading technology giants, TIER suppliers, up through the OEM level. Mercedes-Benz AG, one of the partners of this strategic Horizon 2020 EU project for sustainable mobility, will integrate the batteries developed by LIBERTY in one of its electric vehicles to demonstrate the technological feasibility of all LIBERTY innovations. 

The batteries to be developed in LIBERTY will provide a range increase of up to 25%, thus allowing driving up to 500 km without the need for recharging, with improved and standardised battery safety and sustainability at the core of the project.