Scania builds battery laboratory
By Jim Gibbins - 1st December 2020
Sweden – CV manufacturer, Scania AB (a Traton Group company) is investing EUR15.5m in a new battery laboratory at its research and development facilities in the grounds of its headquarters in Södertälje, Sweden.
Construction of the 1,000 square metre laboratories commenced recently with completion scheduled for Spring 2021. Following extensive testing and verification of equipment and instruments, the laboratory will be fully operational by autumn 2021. It will contain three 250-square metre test halls for battery cells, modules and packs. Adjacent to these halls, the laboratory will also have facilities for test sample preparation to improve the work environment, safety and testing uptime.
