{"id":66971,"date":"2026-05-12T14:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/battery-power.eu\/dr-nicolas-bucher-varta-ag\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:01:45","slug":"dr-nicolas-bucher-varta-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2026.battery-power.eu\/en\/dr-nicolas-bucher-varta-ag\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Nicolas Bucher, VARTA AG"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"66971\" class=\"elementor elementor-66971 elementor-66964\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64f2676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"64f2676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Nicolas Bucher is Vice President Funding Programs, Public Affairs and Advocacy at VARTA AG, leading international research collaborations, strategic stakeholder engagement, and the advancement and industrialization of next-generation battery technologies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdd732 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2bdd732\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70862c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70862c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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His work focuses on advancing and positioning battery technologies within the European innovation landscape, spanning topics from novel materials and process technologies for electrochemical energy storage systems to scaling and digitalization of battery manufacturing. Technology scouting, stakeholder engagement, and representation of VARTA in key committees and associations are integral parts of his role. Since 2022, he has been a member of the BMFTR Industrial Advisory Board and serves as elected Chair of the Bavarian Center for Battery Technology (BayBatt) Advisory Board.   <\/p><p>Prior to joining VARTA, he worked at SGL Carbon SE (2017\u20132021) on the development of high-energy carbon\/silicon composite anodes. 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