Valeo to use TotalEnergies dielctric coolant to cool EV batteries

In electric vehicles, batteries get heated up while charging and discharging. To extend the life of the battery, eliminating any discomfort to the passengers due to battery heat, and also to ensure the safety of the vehicle, there is a need to cool electric vehicle batteries. Most of the times air cooling is used to take the heat away from batteries. Companies are now trying to use liquid cooling. TotalEnergies and Valeo have joined hands by signing agreement to develop a cooling technology to cool electric vehicle batteries using a very high-performance dielectric fluid.

In the picture above: Pierre Duhot, Senior VP TotalEnergies Lubrifiants of TotalEnergies and Francisco Moreno, President of Valeo’s Thermal Systems Business Group – Sébastien Bordas TotalEnergies is offering its new dielectric coolant which can form direct contact with battery cells to pick the heat. Whereas Valeo is using its expertise in thermal systems management in effectively using this dielectric coolant in electric cars and other electric vehicles. The joint research intend to decrease the weight of the thermal systems used to cool vehicle batteries. Lesser the weight of the systems used in electric vehicles, longer is the range car/vehicle can travel. Managing heat of batteries will also ensure...