Schneider Electric and AVEVA have announced a partnership with IN-CORE Systèmes to increase efficiency in the production of electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

As the electric vehicle market continues to experience exponential growth, battery manufacturing is under greater pressure to improve quality, efficiency and commercial results. This increase in production can lead to new problems, including failure modes and process variations, which in turn create operational, material and labor losses.

In recent years, EV battery production has seen up to 20% scrap material and inefficient energy use, with 47 kWh of energy required to produce 1 kWh of an EV battery cell. These challenges can only be mitigated by better operational insight.

The partnership between Schneider Electric, AVEVA and IN-CORE will bring greater data connectivity to the manufacturing process by addressing data traceability at the electrode level. The IN-CORE Traceability Solution will work with the AVEVA system platform to connect critical parameters in electrode manufacturing to final cell and package performance, providing relevant data at the right time and in the right format to ensure a complete picture.

“Operational challenges are the biggest barrier to success in electric vehicle battery production,” said Christel Galbrun, Segment President for Mobility at Schneider Electric.

“Demand is increasing and we need to improve quality and efficiency while reducing variation and waste. This partnership with IN-CORE will provide new levels of data connectivity in the EV market and help customers establish a complete data architecture for all processes.”