SEAT has started working on its Test Center Energy at its plant in Martorell

7 October 2020, 16:03:07

SEAT's upcoming Test Center Energy (TCE) is an automotive battery lab that will develop and test various energy systems for electric and hybrid vehicles. It will be located at the SEAT plant in Martorell and initial works on the center are already at place and construction will be completed in April 2021. The investment in the TCE is more than €7 million ($8.26 million). The construction of the TCE is included in the €5 billion ($5.9 billion) investment plan recently announced by the company. With a testing capacity that can reach 1.3 MW simultaneously, this facility will become a one-of-a-kind, pioneering electric battery laboratory in Spain.

On an area of around 1,500 sq.m., the TCE will offer different test spaces for the evaluation of cell modules with lithium-ion technology, medium and high voltage batteries, as well as different chargers used in the entire range of electrified vehicles. There are also plans for several climatic chambers that will enable the batteries and modules to be tested under extreme thermal conditions, simulating the different environments a car may experience during its life cycle. It will also feature a high-tech electronics lab to design and manufacture prototypes and build interfaces for the test systems.

In addition, a workshop will be set up that is specifically designed and equipped to carry out tests on electrified vehicles, with the capacity to work simultaneously with up to six cars. This space will be used to conduct various tests related to the performance of the energy system, functional safety and integration of functions. To this end, artificial vision systems will be incorporated into the instrumentation.

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