Traction batteries lie at the heart of Europe’s sustainable mobility ambitions. This paper delves into how second-life applications and recycling not only extend battery lifecycles but also drive the circular economy. Discover innovative solutions, challenges, and strategies shaping the future of battery sustainability.

The sixth annual progress report of the Strategic Dialogue for the Automotive Sector in Baden-Württemberg presents the strategic realignment and reports on all activities taking place within the framework of the strategic dialogue. These include all missions and projects of the focus topics Vehicle, Data, Energy, as well as all activities of the interdisciplinary topic.

Transformation of the Automotive and Commercial Vehicle Industry in Baden-Württemberg through Electrification, Digitalisation and Automation.

In view of digitalisation, the mobility industry is currently experiencing the most significant transformation in its history. Data-bound information that can be accessed at any time and digital platforms are not only changing long-established player landscapes, but are also prompting a reorganisation of entire value chains.

The fifth progress report of the Strategic Dialogue for the Automotive Sector in Baden-Württemberg presents the strategic realignment and reports on all activities taking place within the framework of the strategic dialogue. These include all missions and projects of the focus topics Vehicle, Data, Energy, as well as all activities of the interdisciplinary topic.

The Competence Guide is a joint reference work of the Cluster Electric Mobility South-West and the Cluster Fuel Cell BW. It offers valuable insights into both cluster initiatives and provides support in the search for suitable cooperation partners. Also available as e-paper: https://www.e-mobilbw.de/fileadmin/epaper/competenceguide2021/index.html#0

This study aims to present the potential changes to Baden-Württemberg as a centre of the automobile industry, and on this basis will identify the challenges and opportunities arising from electrification, but also digitalisation and automation.

The Cluster Electric Mobility Southwest intensifies its cooperation relations with relevant stakeholders in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region through the cross-border cooperation project “Franco-German Alliance for Innovative Mobility Technologies (AllFraTech)“. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research within the scope of the 2nd round of competition of the policy “Internationalisation of Leading-Edge Clusters, Future Projects and Comparable Networks.”

The Stratetic Dialogue for the Automotive Sector in Baden-Württemberg presents a new format of institutionalised collaboration.