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Your eMobility ambitions begin with BASF, the world’s #1 chemical supplier for the automotive industry. Backed by our decades of engineering expertise and built with superior eMobility Performance Materials, your applications will meet the highest standards for safety, durability, and mechanical achievement. Enjoy the freedom to design trend-setting eMobility innovations as we partner with you to drive a truly sustainable future.

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Whitepaper on flame retardant plastics: Discover our response to the challenging requirements of eMobility

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The electric powertrain challenges plastics with new property requirements. The new powertrains demand a higher safety against electric malfunctions, which can cause the risk of an electric shock, the occurrence of electric arcs, and other potential sources of ignition. Special precautions have to be taken to increase electric vehicle safety and to prevent the ultimate worst-case scenario of a battery cell fire, a so-called thermal runaway. That is why flame-retardant polymer compounds should be considered as one of your choices for a safer electric powertrain.

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What is eMobility?

eMobility is yielding innovations in the automotive industry that seek to make our lives more sustainable. The transition to electro-mobility has several advantages, including lowering global carbon emissions, reducing the total cost of ownership of vehicles, and transforming the transportation experience. The objective of our customers is to use future-proof technologies and solutions to make electromobility safe and efficient.

BASF: Your strategic partner in eMobility applications

When you rely on BASF’s broad portfolio of Performance Materials for your eMobility applications, you’ll gain the advantage of a unique co-creation partnership. From expert design and engineering support, to material selection, to simulation and testing, to serial development, you’ll be able to create new trends backed by BASF’s deep insight within the automotive value chain. And global consistency ensures you meet your production targets and market expectations

Plastics make an important contribution to safety in electric vehicles. For example, they are used to achieve stable impact protection and safe electricity distribution, as thermally conductive adhesives and to color-code high-voltage components and connectors. Here colleagues discuss the advantages of the new Elastollan for use as a protective material for busbars in electric vehicles.

Solutions for eMobility applications

The key to crafting viable eMobility applications lies in material performance. Many eMobility solutions can only be implemented successfully by using highly versatile engineering plastics, polyurethane systems and specialty elastomers. We have a dedicated eMobility team that includes engineering, design and material experts who can help you choose the best material and the best grade for your application.

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Battery Components
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Charging Infrastructure
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Connectors, cables & cable management
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Thermal management
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Electric motor
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Electric powertrain
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Noise, vibration and harshness

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Battery components

Highly efficient battery systems are key to the success of electromobility. Individual components need to meet high-performance standards during normal driving and in the event of damage or accidents, which means that any material used needs to be carefully assessed

by its flame retardancy, electric isolation, thermal conductivity and cooling compatibility. With our Ultramid^®, Ultramid^® Advanced, Ultradur^®, Elastollan^®, and Elastolit^® family of products we can help to make your ambitions for high performance battery components reality.

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Disconnect unit

Cell, module, pack

Junction box

Busbar holder

Battery adhesive

Battery management system

Breakers & switches

Module housing

Charging infrastructure

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Charging infrastructure components for eMobility must exhibit excellent mechanical performance at elevated temperatures and high dimensional stability, to endure demanding conditions while offering safety and long-lasting durability for colour, surface finish, and UV stability.

With our Ultramid^®, Ultramid^® Advanced, Ultradur^® and Elastollan^® family of products your charging infrastructure components will stand the test of time and meet the most ambitious requirements.

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IGBT housing

Charging gun & outlet

Charging cable

Busbar ICB

Solar charging

Breakers & switches

Wireless charging

Energy storage

Public charging

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Public charging - interior

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Charging infrastructure

Mobile charging

Wallbox

Wallbox- interior

Connectors, cables & cable management

Where electricity flows, plastics have to show excellent electrical isolation, outstanding flame retardancy and hydrolysis resistance while meeting the relevant IEC standard. For sealed connectors the compatibility to LSR is of high importance.

Are you looking for extrudable products or colourability in durable orange? All to be found within our product range consisting of Ultramid^®, Ultramid^® Advanced, Ultradur^® and Elastollan^®.

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HV connector

Cable sheating

Cable gland

Corrugated pipe

Cable guide

Cable foaming

Thermal management

Thermal management is crucial for electric engines. Components like water pumps, heaters, fittings as well as pipes benefit from the excellent media resistance, the leak tightness and compatibility with many coolants of BASFs’ polyamide Ultramid^®

and the products in the polyphthalamide portfolio of Ultramid^® Advanced. With these high-performance materials, laser welding is also possible.

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Extruded & injection pipe

Water pump

HV heater

Fluid fitting

Electric motor

The electric motor is the heart of any e-vehicle. Motor housing and motor mounts as well as intricate components like stator/rotor, rotor end caps, bus ring and connector supports can work reliably thanks to BASF’s engineering plastics Ultramid^® Advanced (PPA), Ultrason^® (PESU)

and the long-glass fiber reinforced Ultramid^® Structure. They are characterized by high temperature and media resistance, excellent strength and electric compatibility – and all are available as flame retardant grades.

Electric powertrain

From high voltage housing for power electronics, to fuse boxes, connectors and inlets, flame retardancy, electric isolation, heat aging and orange colourability are key criteria for any material consideration. Whether you are looking for solutions for fuel cell, battery powered or hybrid vehicles,

BASF's Ultramid^®, Ultramid^® Advanced, Ultradur^® and Elastollan^® familiy of products will move your electric powertrains forward. All are available as flame retardant grades, among them non-halogenated flame-retardants.

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HV housing

Busbar holder

HV fuse box/ fuse

Charging inlet

Noise, vibration and harshness

NVH translates into how the end-user experiences your product and judges its quality. They know it when they see it, hear it and feel it. Consider BASF’s Cellasto^®, Basotect^®, Elastoflex^®

and/or Elastollan^® for high frequency decoupling and noise isolation/insulation to help you meet the increasing demand on vehicle dynamics.

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E-motor mount

Elastic mount

Cavity filling in body-in-white

Pultruded polyurethane and thermoplastic profiles

Engine cover and hoodliner

General acoustic foam

Headliner

Carpet underlay

Parcel shelf and fire wall

eMobility performance materials

Technical properties and high functionality make BASF’s portfolio of eMobility performance materials the ideal ingredients for your most versatile, sophisticated designs. Consider the high performing Ultramid^®, Ultramid^® Advanced, Ultradur^®, Ultraform^® Ultrason^®as well as Elastollan^®and Cellasto^®.

Design trifft Material: ein Ultramid®-Bauteil wird in einem Behältnis getestet. Um die komplexen und kompakten elektronischen Baugruppen des RN30 zu ermöglichen, leistet der neue BASF-Kunststoff Ultramid® Advanced N einen entscheidenden Beitrag zu Miniaturisierung, Funktionsintegration und Gestaltungsfreiheit. Er kann in elektronischen Komponenten sowie für Strukturteile am Motor und im Getriebe in Kontakt mit heißen, aggressiven Medien und verschiedenen Kraftstoffen eingesetzt werden.

Products for eMobility applications

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Ultramid^® polyamides, PA6, PA66, PA66/6, PA610, PA6T/6

The Ultramid^®product line offers several grades of molding compounds, available as unreinforced, reinforced with glass fibers or minerals, or reinforced with long-glass fibers for special applications. Ultramid is noted for its high mechanical strength, stiffness and thermal stability.

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Ultramid^® Advanced polyphthalamides, PPA

Ultramid^® Advanced comprises BASF’s polyphthalamide (PPA) portfolio which based on the four polymers (PA9T, PA6T/6I, PA6T/66, PA6T/6) and includes more than 50 compounded grades for injection molding and extrusion as well as products with or without flame retardants.

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Ultradur^® polybutylene terephthalates, PBT

The Ultradur^® product line consists of partially crystalline, thermoplastic, saturated polyesters and is derived from polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). It provides strength where high-quality and heavy-duty parts are required. A feature that is particularly important is the low water absorption to shield components from climatic surrounding conditions.

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Ultraform^® polyoxymethylenes, POM

Ultraform^® is our co-polymeric polyoxymethylene (POM) offering excellent sliding friction properties. Ultraform can be thermoplastically processed whereby special co-monomer units account for the high stability of Ultraform during processing and when exposed to long-term heat and to chemicals. It surpasses by far the resistance of homo-polymeric polyoxymethylene.

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Ultrason^® polyarylethersulfones, PSU, PESU, PPSU

The Ultrason^® resins are amorphous thermoplastics derived from polyethersulfone (PESU), polysulfone (PSU) and polyphenylsulfone (PPSU). They offer very high thermal and excellent chemical resistance. Applications always keep stiffness and dimensional stability even when used at very high temperatures or under challenging conditions.

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Elastollan^® Thermoplastic Polyurethane, TPU

The thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) is noted for its excellent haptics and mechanics, as well as its superior long-term durability and resistance to weathering. It shows high temperature as well as good media resistance and has superior dynamic properties. It also features excellent damping behaviour and is resistant against abrasion, scratch and wear.

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Cellasto^® Cellular Polyurethane Elastomer

Comfort demands and expectation in eMobility are high and car makers face new challenges for NVH reduction. Cellasto^® minimizes engine noise, vibrating chassis and rumbling shock absorbers and reduces strut vibrations. The microcellular polyurethane elastomer also saves space and weight due to its excellent volume compressibility.

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Basotect^®

Sound absorption, fire resistance, thermal insulation or abrasiveness: Basotect^® combines many requirements for high-performance foam in one product. In construction and industrial applications, in the automotive and transportation sectors, but also in consumer applications, Basotect^® provides a great variety of options.

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Elastoflex^®

Although invisible, Elastoflex^® E semi-rigid foams contribute extensively to the valuable appearance in car interiors, since the foam is behind most skin surfaces and causes a pleasant, soft and elastic touch. Though it needs to fill even smallest gaps between carrier and skin it spreads homogeneously at very robust processing.

Elastolit^®

The Elastolit^® product range includes Elastolit^® R (RIM/RRIM), Elastolit^® D (rigid integral foam) and Elastolit^® K (compact duromer). With a variety of properties, these polyurethane systems constitute high-quality, economic alternatives to classic materials like wood or metal or thermosetting materials and engineering thermoplastics.

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