Electric Vehicles

Battery coatings to support the electric-vehicle revolution

OEMs persist in intensifying their investments in fully electric vehicles driven by battery packs. Despite notable technological progress across all aspects, this trend also brings about significant challenges concerning system performance, durability, safety, and cost, crucial for achieving success in challenging transportation scenarios.

In addition to enhancing the protection and aesthetics of these vehicles, PPG plays a pivotal role in aiding OEMs and battery and component manufacturers in expediting the advancement of future automotive and commercial vehicle energy storage solutions.

Solutions for the design, construction and production of battery cells, modules and packs.

Dielectric Protection

Our dielectric coatings are used in place of film and/or tape solutions to eliminate gaps, bubbles, seam failures and edge protection issues, and to support high throughput and automated application.

Fire Protection

Explore a growing range of highly effective solutions to protect the vehicle battery from a fire and help mitigate thermal runaway events.

Thermal Management

Supporting and enhancing all Battery Thermal Management System (BTMS) strategies for common solutions and applications include gap filler and thermal conductivity coatings between battery plates and modules.

Construction & Sealing

We offer proven adhesive and sealant technologies ideally suited to a variety of EV battery pack needs, including sealing of pack shells and components.

Corrosion & Impact Protection

A comprehensive mix of market-proven electrocoat, powder coating and polyurea coating solutions for Li-ion battery shells.

EMI/RFI Shielding

Shielding applications in electric vehicles including electronic hub cases, HMIs, telemetric systems, ADAS sensors, AV sensor fusion systems, plastic/composite battery enclosures / covers.

Innovation to meet the future of mobility

With the automotive industry pivoting to utilizing the latest and greatest technology to deliver on the future of mobility, society’s use of automobiles will also be shifting. Paints and coatings will play a role in this shift.

Whether the challenge is reducing emissions, enabling increased use of lightweight materials and mixed metals, ensuring precise technology application, or enabling safety and performance, PPG is innovating and delivering solutions that drive success. Performance is measured through each of these capabilities and hundreds more that ultimately help us ensure customer success and to protect and beautify the world.

Meeting the unique needs of your industry

Autonomous Coatings
With autonomous vehicles being one of the primary mobility trends, the industry expects greater needs for advanced coating technologies and PPG is a leader in providing them.
Auto Parts
PPG provides coatings, applications, sealants and adhesives for a broad array of automotive parts for OEMs and Tier suppliers around the world.
Commercial Vehicles
Our multi-technology approach makes coatings process more efficient and cost-effective for our commercial vehicle customers while meeting the needs of lightweight vehicles, energy savings, and improved sustainability.
Electric Vehicles
As OEMs continue to accelerate investment in full electric vehicles powered by lithium-ion battery packs, PPG is meeting their needs with cost-effective coatings that deliver performance, durability and safety.
Traditional Vehicle Coatings
We offer everything from waterborne and solventborne primer, basecoats, clearcoats, powder primers and scratch resistant ceramic clearcoats for traditional vehicle types.
Wheel Coatings
With PPG Cetelon we specialize in paint systems for aluminum wheels, either solvent or water based and offer premium and ultra premium colors and finishes for OEMs and Tiers.