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Every kilogram counts when charging tomorrow: the award-winning battery housing from Chemnitz saves weight and reduces CO2 emissions. © pixabay/Felix Müller

Chemnitz idea for battery housings: more range for electric cars

Major award for Saxon research: Chemnitz University of Technology has won one of the most important prizes in the materials industry worldwide with a new type of battery housing. It makes electric cars lighter and more climate-friendly. How does this work? With fiber-reinforced plastic instead of metal. The special feature: The housing can be produced in under two minutes and saves CO2.

Uwe Ahrens, board member of Altech Advanced Materials, stands in front of a solid-state battery at Fraunhofer IKTS. / Photo: Steffen Rasche/Altech Advanced Materials/dpa/archive image

Lusatia develops into a focal point for battery production

The establishment of companies like Altech promotes the development of battery production in Lusatia. Altech plans to build two factories in the Schwarze Pumpe industrial park in Brandenburg, with investments of over one billion euros and the creation of 1,000 jobs.