Crash Simulations Of Electric Cars In The Eversafe Project

This paper focuses on the passive safety part of the European project EVERSAFE, including cell level component tests as well as comprehensive simulations evaluating battery vulnerability. Partners involved in the passive safety part are the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed-Dynamics (EMI), the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT), the German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt), the Swedish Transport Research Institute (VTI), and Volvo Car Corporation (VCC). More information to be found at [1].