Electric mobility
The Cluster Electric Mobility South-West represents Baden-Württemberg at the world's largest Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition (EVS) in California.
The 36th Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition (EVS36), organized and hosted this year by the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), is the most significant showcase for industry innovation and the longest running international conference dedicated to electric vehicles and technologies in this field. This year 3.000 experts, 139 exhibitors and 300 speakers participated in Sacramento, California.
EVS36 was also a successful event for the Cluster Electric Mobility South-West: As part of its internationalisation strategy, the cluster, under the management of the State Agency for New Mobility Solutions and Automotive (e-mobil BW), presented current activities and publications, offered a meeting point for interested professionals from around the world at the Baden-Württemberg booth and participated in the program with presentations. Many cluster members from research institutes and universities presented their work in the conference. Michael Schlick, Ulm University of Applied Sciences, was awarded for the best poster.
Three team members of the cluster management were selected by a jury to participate in the diverse conference program of the leading international trade fair:
The sessions offered a good opportunity to present the activities of the cluster to a large audience and to generate good visibility for the approximately 200 members and for Baden-Württemberg as a leading international innovation and production region in the field of alternative drive technologies.
The focus of this year's EVS was primarily on charging infrastructure and the use of commercial vehicles to decarbonize road transport. The opening program, in particular, had a strong North American focus with speakers such as California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Christopher Coes, SMUD CEO Paul Lau and California Energy Commissioner Patty Monahan. This provided good insights into the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act, forecasts for the market ramp-up of BEVs in the USA and developments in the technology hotspots in the USA.