The Future of E-mobility: MARBEL Project Develops Sustainable High-Performance Batteries

At the Stellantis Centro Ricerche Fiat, experts and interested parties were able to find out about new modular, reusable, and sustainable battery solutions for electric vehicles. The all-day event offered exciting insights into the innovative developments of the project, which focuses on modular, high-performance and sustainable batteries for the automotive industry, not least thanks to the use of up to 60 percent recycled aluminium. The highlight was the presentation of the MARBEL battery pack and its components, which could be inspected at close quarters.

The project, funded by the CINEA (European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency), ran from January 2021 to March 2025, and a high-calibre team of experts from various fields, including Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences (THI), contributed to the success of the event with presentations and specialist knowledge. These included the consortium of the project, consisting of EURECAT (coordinator), IREC, SINTEF, ICCS of the University of Athens, Fraunhofer IWU, Applus+ IDIADA, Powertech Systems, OTC Engineering, Stellantis/CRF, FICOSA, AVL-Thermal HVAC, AVL-Italy, ASAŞ, AGRATI, and SK-TES in addition to THI. Representatives from MARBEL's COLLABAT sister projects were also present, including the LIBERTY, HELIOS, and ALBATROSS projects and the new cluster member project iBattMan.

The MARBEL results will make an important contribution to the further development of sustainable electromobility. The new battery solutions are setting standards for a more environmentally friendly and efficient future of transport.