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What are the trends in electric mobility and electric car batteries? What is the environmental impact of electric cars? What progress has been made in terms of range, what happens to the used batteries, and how high is the risk of fire? Fraunhofer ISI addresses these and many other questions along the entire battery value chain in its policy brief “Batteries for Electric Cars – Fact Check and Need for Action – An Update”.

A new study by Fraunhofer ISI recently published in Nature Energy explores how domestic battery production in Europe can be expanded and how the European continent can become more independent from other parts of the world. The study derives policy recommendations from modelled scenarios how to strengthen the European battery industry.

In a study on quantum technologies titled “Quantum Technologies and Quantum Ecosystems” a team of authors from Fraunhofer ISI is investigating the potentials, research activities and innovation policy. To this end, the technology fields of quantum sensors, quantum communication and quantum computing were analyzed, an international comparison of innovation strategies was conducted and recommendations for political action in Germany were drawn up. The study was commissioned by the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) and the results were incorporated in their annual report, which was presented to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on February 26.

What is the status of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in production in Germany? To what extent are applications with AI solutions already being used in production and in which specific areas? What developments can be expected by the end of this year? The latest study based on the German Manufacturing Survey by the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI explores these and other questions. It concludes that AI has indeed arrived in Germany’s manufacturing sector, but that only moderate developments are expected in the foreseeable future.