Clarios expands its portfolio in the low-voltage sector

CES 2025 Clarios secures first order for supercapacitors

2025-01-08 From Sven Prawitz | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

Clarios, the global leader in 12-volt battery solutions, is expanding into the low-voltage market. The company has secured its first series order for capacitors, marking a key milestone in its portfolio diversification.

Federico Morales-Zimmermann, Group Vice President and General Manager, Original Equipment at Clarios, gives an outlook on the supplier's growing product portfolio.(Image: Steve Fecht) — Federico Morales-Zimmermann, Group Vice President and General Manager, Original Equipment at Clarios, gives an outlook on the supplier's growing product portfolio.
(Image: Steve Fecht)

Clarios will provide its supercapacitors in a 12-volt and 48-volt architecture. The supplier announced at the CES in Las Vegas that it had received a corresponding series order from a car manufacturer. Company representatives did not want to reveal the name.

The capacitors release energy very quickly during power peaks. As Federico Morales-Zimmermann, who is responsible for original equipment at Clarios, explained in an interview with "Automobil Industrie", the technology is suitable for roll stabilizers and active chassis, for example. For both systems, the stored energy is used to stabilize the low-voltage grid during peak loads. The same applies to steer-by-wire systems.

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About Clarios

Clarios has a production facility for 12-volt vehicle batteries in Hanover, Germany. The company goes back to the Akkumulatorenfabrik Hannover, or AFA for short. This was renamed Varta AG in 1962. In 2002, Johnson Controls took over the battery manufacturer and sold it to Brookfield Business Partners at the beginning of 2019, which founded the company Clarios. The company still uses the Varta brand name for its starter batteries today. The company employs 18,000 people in more than 100 countries worldwide.

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