Electric vehicles

Let’s connect to electrify the future: A recap of the Battery Show Europe 2024

We recently attended the Battery Show 2024 and observed some key trends driving the industry, including the continued growth of electrification and the integration of digital solutions. Read our summary to learn more!

EV batteries and hot weather conditions

As summer temperatures rise, EV drivers face increased range anxiety due to heat's impact on battery efficiency. Our latest article offers practical tips to help maintain your EV's performance and extend battery life during the hottest months.

Lightweighting trend continues - adhesives for warning and track and trace labels

Car manufacturers encounter difficulties in labeling plastic substrates, while the adoption of carbon fiber brings its own set of labeling hurdles. Discover how the shift from metals to plastics is revolutionizing manufacturing and learn about the challenges that labeling poses with these lightweight materials.

Labeling cables, harnesses - performance & compliance challenges

As technology progresses, cables connecting electronic devices are getting more complex as well. With industries heavily reliant on new technology, effective cable labeling is increasingly vital and comes with certain challenges.

Innovative materials help NEV power batteries stay away from fire hazards

As one of the leading suppliers of pressure-sensitive adhesive solutions, Avery Dennison has been working with flame-retardant materials for years. Today, it owns an advanced technology platform and extensive solutions. Avery Dennison can provide comprehensive solutions to meet customers’ different needs.

Leadership Perspective: Achim Kappenstein on the state of energy storage and the path to sustainability

The energy storage industry is at a turning point. Driven by the rapid expansion of renewables and electric vehicles, advanced storage solutions are key for a sustainable energy future.

Why battery recycling is important for the electric vehicle industry

Recycling electric vehicle (EV) batteries is crucial for reducing environmental impact and conserving valuable materials like lithium, cobalt, and nickel, which are resource-intensive and pollutive to extract. By enabling the reuse of these metals, recycling supports the EV industry's shift toward a circular economy, extending battery life and minimizing the need for new resource mining.

How sustainable materials are shaping the world of EV batteries

The electric vehicle (EV) age has sparked vital discussions about the environmental impact of EV batteries throughout their life cycle. As EVs become mainstream, the need for sustainable manufacturing and recycling solutions is urgent. Embracing innovative materials and technologies is essential to reduce their environmental footprint while maintaining performance and reliability.

Do you know how the type of EV battery impacts the type of adhesive you need?

In the rapidly evolving EV battery industry, adhesive solutions play a critical role in ensuring safety, efficiency, and durability. Pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) are vital for assembling various battery components, offering features like electrical insulation, thermal protection, and flame retardancy, adaptable to different battery types and chemistries.

Power up your supply chain with RFID enabled labels for electric vehicle batteries

Electric vehicles (EVs) are on the fast track as the race for sustainable abundance mobilizes globally. Our automotive product and technical experts here at Avery Dennison provide insights into how RFID labeling technology for EV batteries can increase supply chain integrity, resulting in faster asset management and a sustainable end of life.

Flammability and standard testing for EV batteries

This article explains the importance of flammability testing for our adhesive solutions like cell bonding, insulation and labeling. We compare horizontal and vertical burn tests and introduce a unique third testing method.

Leadership Perspective: Ulrike Steinfort on testing standards for EV battery

Global EV sales are projected to hit 17 million units this year, driven by eco-conscious consumers looking to lower costs. Ulrike Steinfort from Avery Dennison shares her insights on the technical challenges of EV battery labeling, emphasizing the importance of high performance and safety despite the lack of standardized testing.

Why sustainability matters in the manufacturing of automotive adhesive materials

In the automotive industry, adhesive materials are often the unsung heroes that underpin everything from safety to comfort, acoustics to decorative. Adhesives serve many functions, including protecting vehicle components from varying temperatures and movement and providing lifetime durability.

Advancing sustainable adhesive solutions and debonding possibilities with Avery Dennison

Understanding the debonding of organic materials is crucial for applications like hotmelt, solvent adhesives and emulsion. This article explores methods like mechanical and bio-based techniques, showcasing Avery Dennison's efforts toward eco-friendly solutions and a circular economy.

Avery Dennison at The Battery Show 2024: Your all-in-one source for EV battery requirements

Discover Avery Dennison's innovative labeling and tape solutions for EV batteries at the Battery Show in Stuttgart, June 18-20. Visit booth 8-E26 to learn more!

Avery Dennison's solutions for thermal runaway protection

Thermal runaway is a significant safety issue with lithium-ion batteries. It occurs when a damaged battery starts releasing heat energy, potentially leading to a chain reaction. Earlier articles covered thermal runaway and propagation, as well as flammability testing standards. Here, we'll introduce Avery Dennison's thermal protection solutions.

The electric vehicles market: challenges and opportunities on the horizon

Rising global carbon emission reduction efforts drive electric vehicle and battery demand. The push for batteries is essential for climate change action. At Avery Dennison, we are committed to operating a sustainable business and pursuing 2025 sustainability goals.

Leadership Perspective: Pankaj Bhardwaj on how having a local approach in APAC allows for a global customer experience

Our global mindset and local first perspective to serve customers has been key in establishing our presence here. By working both with and often alongside suppliers, policymakers, regulators, and other value chain participants, we have been able to acquire a rich understanding of the local ecosystem.

Pressure-sensitive adhesives: Why cohesion is just as important as adhesion

Pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) depend on the presence of attractive forces – but not just between the adhesive and the substrate. In this blog post, we look at the difference between cohesion and adhesion, and explain why we need to consider both for a PSA to operate effectively.

What is surface energy and how does it affect the choice of adhesive?

Surface energy is often mentioned in discussions of pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs), but what actually is it? In this article we’ll explain the reality of surface energy at a molecular level, why different materials have different surface energies, and what this means when you’re choosing a PSA that will adhere to them.

How is adhesive strength quantified?

How do you quantify the strength of a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA)? In this blog post, we consider the various measurements of adhesive strength, and describe in what circumstances they’re most useful.

The thermal runaway challenge in electric vehicle batteries

No matter the architecture of the pack, batteries are at risk of a thermal runaway event. It is the single most important safety problem of the lithium-ion battery.

Avery Dennison - Future Leader of the EVB space

With the EV market taking over, we aim to be the future leader of the Electric Vehicle Battery space with our adhesive solutions.

The role of pressure-sensitive adhesives in electric vehicle batteries

Why making vehicles safe is of paramount importance for every automotive engineer and how pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSA) help make electric vehicles a safe option for consumers.

Digital Battery Passports for the Electric Vehicle sector

The Digital Battery Passport aids a circular economy for EVs, ensuring eco-friendly battery sustainability and traceability.

Digital Product Passports (DPP): Connecting the digital with the physical

The Digital Product Passport enables sharing of product information across supply chains in to reach environmental sustainability.

How insulation film solutions facilitate the evolution of the electric vehicle industry

The increase in battery energy density has led to increasing concerns impacting the entire EV industry chain. Avery Dennison's insulation film technologies offer solutions for suppliers in the EV industry value chain to better compete in this high-growth market.

CIRPASS: the new ecosystem for DPP’s

CIRPASS allows for traceable supply chains in textiles, electronics and EVB’s with Digital Product Passports (DPP's)

The role of van der Waals forces in pressure-sensitive adhesives

Pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) operate on the application of light pressure, and are important in a wide range of consumer and industrial applications. However, their mechanism of action is not always widely appreciated.

What might the future of electric vehicle batteries look like?

"What might the future of batteries look like?" brings together insights from four top experts at Avery Dennison and industry giant, Bob Galyen.