Porsche mobile energy storage pile

What is a Porsche battery storage system?

Battery storage system supplies power to the Porsche Leipzig factory. (Credit: Porsche) The system has an expected life of 10 years, and Porsche can swap out individual battery modules along the way if necessary. The Leipzig facility produces the Panamera and Macan ( coming soon as an EV ).

How many batteries does the Porsche plant Leipzig have?

It’s the size of almost two basketball courts and consists of 4,400 battery modules: the new battery storage system to supply the Porsche Plant Leipzig with power. The extraordinary thing is that this stationary energy storage system was built out of used Taycan batteries.

What does Porsche do with high-voltage batteries?

With a pilot project, Porsche aims to recover valuable raw materials from high-voltage batteries after their use in vehicles and to test a potential closed-loop raw material cycle. With this initiative, Porsche wants to addresses the growing importance of recycled battery raw materials and promote responsible handling of high-voltage batteries.

What makes Porsche a good battery manufacturer?

The quality and purity of the recycled materials are particularly important to Porsche in order to manufacture high-quality batteries for electric vehicles. In the third pilot phase, Porsche aims to produce high-voltage battery cells with a defined proportion of recycled materials and test their potential use in Porsche vehicles.

Who is the project manager of Porsche battery storage system?

Jonathan Dietrich, Project Manager Battery Storage System Leipzig factory and Alwin Schmid, Manager Electrical Engineering Porsche AG. Schmid is the initiator of the project, which was based on a feasibility study in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau.

How does the Porsche plant Leipzig get its power?

The Leipzig site also obtains district heating from biomass. It’s the size of almost two basketball courts and consists of 4,400 battery modules: the new battery storage system to supply the Porsche Plant Leipzig with power. The details.