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EDAG and Hexagon Purus launch joint research project for a flexible hybrid storage system

Wiesbaden, 07.07.2020  
Electric mobility must become suitable for everyday use by everyone in order to reduce environmental pollution, especially in inner-city areas. For the daily commute to work, battery storage is today the most suitable means of choice. Long-distance drivers, however, have to plan for longer stops despite quick-charging columns. This is a clear advantage of hydrogen drives, whose tanks can be filled in a few minutes. In a joint research project funded by the HessenAgentur, the EDAG Group and Hexagon Purus (a specialist in composite high-pressure tanks and systems for installation in vehicles of all kinds) are investigating how a hybrid storage system can be implemented that can combine the advantages of both drive alternatives.
The research project, scheduled to run for 18 months, will develop a flexible storage system for the vehicle floor in which the latest generation of batteries and hydrogen pressure tanks can be installed in parallel. The customer should then be able to configure the respective number of storage individually. It will be able to cover daily distances with battery electricity and long journeys with energy from a fuel cell powered by hydrogen tanks. This solution, based on the "EDAG ScaleBase" scalable vehicle platform developed by the EDAG Group, offers great advantages for vehicles used for business and private purposes. The interchangeability of the storage units also enables resource-saving secondary use and meets the sustainability requirements of the EDAG Group and Hexagon Purus.

Illustration: EDAG Scalebase (Copyright EDAG Engineering GmbH)

About EDAG 

EDAG is an independent engineering service provider working for the global automotive industry. The company has a global network of some 60 branches at the world's major automobile centres to serve leading national and international vehicle manufacturers and technologically discerning automotive suppliers. 

In addition, EDAG also offers engineering services in the Vehicle Engineering, Electrics/Electronics and Production Solutions segments. This extensive competence enables EDAG to provide its customers with all-round support, from the original idea to design, through to product development, prototype construction and even turn-key production systems. As an innovative technological leader, the company also has competence centres for ground-breaking future technologies for the automotive industry: lightweight design, eMobility, digitalisation, integral safety, cyber security and new production technologies. 

In 2019, the company achieved a sales volume of € 781 million and an adjusted EBIT of € 33.0 million. On 31st December, 2019, EDAG employed a global workforce of 8,488 (including apprentices).

About Hexagon Purus:
Hexagon Purus is a subsidiary of the Hexagon Composites Group with headquarters in Aalesund, Norway. The company is the world's leading supplier of composite high-pressure vessels and systems (Type 4) for the storage and transport of compressed gases, especially hydrogen, natural gas and biogas. In addition to type 4 containers and storage systems, Hexagon Purus offers complete vehicle systems and battery packs for fuel cell and battery electric vehicles, including hybrid mobility applications. The clean gas storage and mobility solutions are used in the automotive, transport, stationary storage, commercial vehicles, marine and rail sectors.
Highly automated production methods as well as lean and standardized processes enable the series production of lightweight containers up to a pressure of 950 bar. At its sites in Kassel, Germany and Lincoln, Nebraska / USA, Hexagon Purus has over 250 highly qualified employees working to the highest safety and quality standards. With the IATF 16949:2016 certification acquired in 2018, all requirements for the quality management system of the international automotive industry are fulfilled. 
Find out more at www.hexagon-purus.com 

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