The car manufacturing industry is currently undergoing a major shift toward battery power and weight reduction. Yearly sales for electric vehicles are expected to reach 26 million vehicles in 2030, which would represent 28% of the global car sales.
This shift brings new challenges for car and battery manufacturers. To stay competitive, they must be ready to quickly scale their production and constantly reduce the time to market. Adding to that, the batteries used in electric vehicles are heavy, and the heavier the car, the more energy it will consume. To compensate, manufacturers are using new light-weight materials, which in turn bring new requirements and a demand for new techniques.
To meet this growing need, Atlas Copco innovates together with the world’s leading car and battery manufacturers. Together we develop new and future-proof technologies that make vehicles as light as possible, while improving their capacity range and environmental performance.
This continuous focus on R&D leads to new solutions and technologies for bonding, potting, tightening, machine vision, process control, quality inspection and data-driven service. The end result is a steadily growing portfolio of smart and unique products that support and revolutionize car and battery manufacturing processes in a sustainable way.
