Sanket Kadam
MS, CFEI
SEA, Ltd. | Consulting Lead, Battery & Energy Storage Group
Speaker
Track C- Decarbonization and Electrification Strategies
Session C2: Recharging the Future: Innovations in EVs and Energy Storage Solutions
June 26, 2025 | 10:30 am - 11:00 am
Learning from EV Battery Recalls: A Path to Safer Electrification
As EV adoption accelerates, ensuring the safety and reliability of high-voltage (HV) batteries remains essential. This session draws on publicly available, abridged NHTSA recall data under defined conditions as an illustrative example to explore reported failure modes and potential risk factors related to HV batteries. The discussion highlights how system-level awareness—spanning cell-to-pack architecture, manufacturing processes, and integration—may help inform risk mitigation strategies and broader safety considerations. Select innovations in battery technology will also be briefly introduced to frame the evolving landscape. While focused on EVs, the insights may extend to stationary storage and other battery applications. This session aims to promote a proactive, informed approach to battery safety and electrification efforts.
Speaker Bio
Mr. Sanket Kadam currently serves as the Consulting Lead of the Battery & Energy Storage Group at S-E-A, where his projects involve battery systems, product safety, testing, and failure analysis. His work includes applications in electric mobility, consumer electronics, and stationary energy storage. He has experience from the cell level to high-voltage battery packs—working with multiple battery chemistries. Prior to joining S-E-A, Mr. Kadam held engineering roles at battery and electric vehicle startups. He holds a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University. He is a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator and contributes to standards development through technical committees with the NFPA, IEEE, and SAE.