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Focus on global electromobility solutions 8 April 2010

TÜV SÜD establishes e-mobility project house

Munich. TÜV SÜD is stepping up its commitment in the field of electromobility by establishing an e-mobility project house. In this project house, experts from TÜV SÜD's three strategic business segments INDUSTRY, MOBILITY and PEOPLE will join forces at global level and work on integrated solutions in energy generation, infrastructure and vehicle safety: "To bring about rapid and sustainable success, we need an intelligent and integrated e-mobility programme. The project house will practise such an integrated approach", emphasises Dr Axel Stepken, CEO and President of TÜV SÜD.

E-mobility project house manager at TÜV SÜD: Stefan Rentsch

The e-mobility project house will be managed by Stefan Rentsch (39). He stresses, "TÜV SÜD is one of the very few service providers in the world offering the required expertise in all relevant fields of electromobility. We provide this expertise to our clients, join forces with them and work together to develop solutions for the mobility of the future." In Stefan Rentsch, TÜV SÜD appointed a project-house manager with experience in international business development. Joining TÜV SÜD in September 2007, the industrial engineering graduate has since been working in an expert team in the Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions division, focusing on the strategic direction, strengthening and international expansion of TÜV SÜD's core business.

As project-house manager, Rentsch will report to a steering committee comprising the CEOs of the INDUSTRY, MOBILITY and PEOPLE strategic business segments and Corporate Innovation Management.

Electromobility is one of TÜV SÜD's core themes. As one of the international leaders in testing and certification, the Munich-based company already covers the electromobility value chain from end to end.

TÜV SÜD provides consultancy and certification services at national and international level in the field of renewable energies, which will in turn be used to power electric cars. In addition, the company's experts develop safety standards for both vehicles and infrastructure such as charging points, provide training on safety in handling the high voltages used in electric cars and develop recycling solutions for both cars and batteries. One of the core issues in this context is to identify the risk factors of lithium-ion batteries and to use these findings to develop safety standards for electric cars. In late 2009, TÜV SÜD carried out the world's first dynamic crash test with lithium-ion batteries.

TÜV SÜD's aim behind bundling its corporate activities in e-mobility is to make use of the high potential and opportunities in the energy-supply and automotive industries: "The project house and its consistent international focus will enable us to make optimum use of TÜV SÜD's knowledge potential. In electromobility in particular, intelligent and integrated programmes are critical for sustainable success. Focusing on energy and cars alone will not be sufficient", underlines Dr Stepken.

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