BorgWarner to bring LFP battery packs (within collaboration with FinDreams) at IAA Transportation 2024

BorgWarner will present new LFP battery packs for commercial vehicles at IAA Transportation, to be held from September 17 to 22, 2024 in Hannover. Such battery packs have been developed following the collaboration between BorgWarner and BYD’s FinDreams Batteries, started in February 2024.

BorgWarner is also going to present its new DC charging station, providing a scalable power range of 120 kW up to 360 kW.

BorgWarner at IAA 2024 in Hanover with new LFP battery packs

Within the deal with BYD’s owned FinDreams battery, “FinDreams will supply BorgWarner with their LFP blade battery cells and production equipment. The design of the LFP battery packs is fully done by BorgWarner, but with using some intellectual property of FinDreams Battery to be able to design the packs to be manufactured on production equipment that is evolved out of existing production lines already in production at FinDreams Battery”, as Dr. Martin Busche, Director Global R&D at BorgWarner Battery Systems, explained to Sustainable Bus in March 2024.

He added: “The term blade battery refers to its structural design with a long metal can and side terminals as a major differentiator to commonly used top terminal prismatic cells. Moving the terminals to the shortest side of the cell brings benefits in volume occupancy and cooling performance. The cross-beam-like design significantly increases the volumetric energy density of the battery pack while reducing complexity, e.g. with regards to the number of non-cell pack components”. With that, we, BorgWarner, found a good compromise of cost efficiency and performance we can offer to our customers”.

Third, BorgWarner announces it will present at IAA Transportation 2024 a comprehensive range of advanced commercial vehicle technologies, including CV inverters, eMotors, high-efficiency turbochargers, thermal management solutions such as battery coolers, 800V eFans, and exhaust recirculation technologies.

“We are glad to once again be part of IAA Transportation. It’s a tremendous opportunity to showcase our technologies for efficient and clean commercial vehicles, across electric, hybrid and combustion architectures,” said Dr. Paul Farrell, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, BorgWarner. “We’re looking forward to discussing BorgWarner’s technological advancements and commitment to driving innovation in the commercial vehicle market with our customers, media representatives, and other visitors on site.”