RWTH Aachen to cooperate with Indonesia’s battery industry
The Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University is involved in establishing a battery industry and electromobility in Indonesia. This will also involve an electric vehicle and the electrification of public transport.
Indonesia is known to have the world’s largest nickel reserves. The government has therefore been trying for some time not only to advance the mining of the important battery material, but also to establish further processing steps up to the finished battery cell and the ready-to-drive e-car in Indonesia. “While the country already has all the raw materials, the know-how and technologies will come from Aachen in the future and help to establish the corresponding value chain from the battery to the complete vehicle directly on site,” as it literally says in the statement of the Aachen Chair.
In concrete terms, a cooperation between the Indonesian company NHS and the RWTH spin-off PEM Motion has now been agreed upon, and has also been approved by the Indonesian government. Together with the PEM Chair, NHS and the Aachen-based engineering service provider want to work together on projects involving electrically powered scooters, cars and buses, as well as on battery production projects. A decision has already been made to create a business model for an electric vehicle.
“The combination of local resources and a fast-growing market on the one hand and technology know-how on the other is a strong basis for the sustainable development of electric mobility in Southeast Asia,” says PEM Motion CEO Christoph Deutskens. “As Indonesia plans to electrify public transportation, we are currently looking for opportunities for local solutions to meet the growing demand,” says NHS Chair Hendrawan Hendrawan.
In addition, research and education activities are also planned with the PEM chair. According to the statement, “global research projects with university partners in both countries could flank future projects between NHS and PEM Motion”.
“The education and training of specialists for new job profiles and new business areas will play a decisive role in the transition to electric mobility,” says Achim Kampker, founder and head of the RWTH Chair PEM. “Universities can support this with comprehensive qualification programs.”
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