BMZ Poland and EVE Energy formalise the partnership behind VERSORA, the LMFP battery platform for heavy-duty EVs
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BMZ Poland and EVE Energy have unveiled VERSORA LMFP, an LMFP battery platform aimed at closing the long-standing gap between LFP and NMC chemistries in electric commercial vehicles. Presented at IAA Transportation 2026 in Hanover, the platform pairs EVE’s LMX cell technology with BMZ’s modular VERSORA architecture. For fleet operators and OEMs weighing chemistry trade-offs in trucks, buses and construction equipment, the partnership offers a concrete technical answer rather than a roadmap promise.
How the LMF battery platform compares to LFP and NMC
According to EVE Energy data presented at IAA, an LMFP system can be up to 10 percent lighter than an equivalent LFP battery for the same energy requirement in long-haul electric truck applications. It also supports fast charging at up to 1 MW and 2.2C, taking the battery from 10 to 80 percent state of charge in under 25 minutes, compared with roughly 35 minutes for LFP.
Cycle life and cold-weather performance follow a similar pattern. BMZ and EVE Energy state the chemistry delivers more than 4,500 cycles to 80 percent state of health at full depth of discharge, with a next-generation target above 5,500 cycles. The battery retains 85 percent of its capacity at minus 20 degrees Celsius, against approximately 75 percent for LFP, a gap relevant to fleets running through European winters.
The claimed advantages align with published battery cell chemistry research, which attributes LMFP’s higher energy density to manganese substitution that raises the cathode’s nominal voltage relative to LFP. The same research identifies manganese dissolution and lower electrical conductivity as the chemistry’s main historical technical hurdles.
One VERSORA platform built for two battery chemistries
VERSORA’s engineering rests on a shared mechanical and electrical platform rather than a chemistry-specific design. The NMC and LMFP variants share identical dimensions, weight, mounting space and electrical interface, and operate within the same voltage classes. Two module formats, Compact and Versus, can be installed in the floor, body or roof of a vehicle, with external adapters allowing different mounting configurations without redesigning the battery pack itself.
That standardisation lets an OEM offer both chemistries on the same vehicle platform, selecting whichever suits a given application’s duty cycle, without redesigning the vehicle architecture around a single battery choice.
Delivery timeline and the regulatory backdrop
Only the NMC version has moved into customer hands so far, with samples reaching key BMZ customers and series production scheduled for 2027. LMFP remains a development programme, with first customer samples planned for 2027 and series deliveries from mid-2028.
Both product tracks sit against a tightening EU regulatory backdrop. Revised CO2 standards require heavy truck manufacturers to cut fleet-average emissions by 45 percent from 2030, rising to 65 percent from 2035, according to the European Commission. The charging speeds BMZ and EVE Energy cite, up to 1 MW, fall within the Megawatt Charging System framework CharIN has developed for heavy-duty vehicles, an infrastructure standard still being rolled out rather than a finished one.
BMZ and EVE Energy describe the cooperation as extending beyond VERSORA LMFP itself, with plans to work jointly on safety, reliability, service life and cost optimisation across future electric commercial vehicle and vessel applications. Both companies frame VERSORA as a development platform designed to accommodate future cell chemistries and formats rather than a fixed product generation, with the next two years determining how quickly LMFP moves from customer samples to volume production.
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