Airbus and Renault Group have signed a research and development agreement which aims at enhancing synergies to accelerate both companies’ electrification roadmaps and improving their range of products.
“This partnership will help Airbus mature technologies associated with future hybrid-electric aircraft,” says an official release.
The engineering teams of Airbus and Renault will join forces to mature technologies related to energy storage, which remains one of the main roadblocks for the development of long-range electric vehicles. “The cooperation agreement will notably cover technology bricks related to energy management optimisation and battery weight improvement, and will look for the best pathways to move from current cell chemistries (advanced lithium-ion) to all solid-state designs which could double the energy density of batteries in the 2030 timeframe.”
The joint work will also study the full lifecycle of future batteries from production to recyclability in order to prepare the industrialisation of these future battery designs while assessing their carbon footprint across their entire lifecycle, the release added.
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