Name: "Rust: Batteries Included" — Inside Volvo Cars' SmartCell, The Next-Gen EV Battery
Start: 2026-09-09T11:05:00-0400
End: 2026-09-09T11:45:00-0400

"Rust: Batteries Included" — Inside Volvo Cars' SmartCell, The Next-Gen EV Battery

Wednesday September 9, 2026 11:05 - 11:45 EDT

Palais des Congrès de Montréal

SmartCell is Volvo Cars’ new AC battery technology, marking a breakthrough in EV development by eliminating complex components like the inverter and onboard charger. This simplifies the drivetrain, reduces cost, and enables a cleaner architecture by shifting more intelligence into the battery itself — and this is where Rust comes in. Building on our experience bringing Rust into production automotive systems, we use it to deliver robust, correct, and secure embedded software with strong performance and predictable behavior. This talk explores how Rust supports this software‑defined battery technology and the engineering lessons from scaling Rust further into automotive systems.

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Julius Gustavsson

Expert, System Architect, Volvo Car Corporation

Julius Gustavsson has well over 20 years of experience developing embedded systems software spanning multiple industries from consumer electronics and telecommunications to avionics and automotive. Shortly before joining Volvo Cars he had discovered Rust and became convinced of its... Read More →

Wednesday September 9, 2026 11:05 - 11:45 EDT
Palais des Congrès de Montréal

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