Battery electric vehicles as well as plug in hybrid electric vehicles suffer from high costs as well as low driving ranges. Both characteristics can be related to the battery system of the vehicle. In order to reduce weight within the battery system and thus enlarge the vehicle range, novel lightweight components based upon multi-material design are used within batteries. These might offer advantages within the production and use phase of the product life cycle but in the same way have negative effects on recycling and second life. This paper describes a design methodology that helps to evaluate the impacts of highly integrated multi-material components on the assembly and disassembly of traction batteries.
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