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Battery packs for purely electrical driven vehicles should allow for a long driving range, therefore they must be as light as possible. The aim of the project “SmartBatt” – funded by the EC under the 7th Framework Programme – was to create a 20 kWh battery pack which exhibits a 10-15% weight reduction as compared to the State of the Art. This was accomplished by using innovative sandwich materials...