A 25-year career across Mercedes-Benz companies precedes Tobias Glossmann's appointment as Pure Lithium's chief product officer. He will lead product and technology strategy, translate the company's battery science into engineered products and direct its product engineering work.
Snapshot
Appointment - Tobias Glossmann has been named chief product officer.
Responsibilities - He will lead product and technology strategy.
Engineering role - He will direct the company's product engineering efforts.
Industry experience - Glossmann spent 25 years across Mercedes-Benz companies.
Technical background - His work covered materials through complete battery systems.
Safety experience - He held companywide responsibility for high-voltage safety.
Company technology - Pure Lithium develops patented Brine to Battery technology.
Pure Lithium Corporation, a US-based vertically integrated lithium metal battery technology company, appointed Dr. Tobias Glossmann as chief product officer. Glossmann will lead the company's product and technology strategy, guide the conversion of its battery science into engineered products and direct product engineering activities.
Glossmann joins Pure Lithium following a 25-year career with various Mercedes-Benz companies. Most recently, he worked as principal systems engineer at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, focusing on battery technologies ranging from materials to fully integrated systems. He also held companywide responsibility for high-voltage safety.
His battery engineering career began in 2001 at DaimlerChrysler in Ulm, Germany, before continuing in Michigan. His experience spans cell chemistry, thermal modelling, scientific computing and battery systems engineering. Glossmann also co-founded the annual Lithium Metal Battery Workshop, which brings academic and industry participants together to address technical barriers to lithium metal battery commercialisation.
In addition to advising the U.S. Department of Energy’s Battery500 consortium, Glossmann leads the Electrochemical Society’s Detroit Section as chair. He serves on advisory bodies connected with the University of Michigan EV Center, Cornell University’s Center for Alkaline-Based Energy Solutions, and Stony Brook University’s College of Engineering. His qualifications comprise a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Missouri-Columbia, an M.S. in Chemistry from Oakland University, and a B.S./M.S. in Electronic/Mechatronic Engineering from Esslingen University.
“Tobias brings a rare combination of commercial experience, deep electrochemistry, hands-on battery systems engineering, and a genuine commitment to the scientific community. He understands what it takes to get a battery into the most demanding applications, such as electric vehicles, and his grasp of lithium metal batteries, including the hard problems the field too often overlooks, makes him the perfect addition to our team.”Emilie Bodoin, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Pure Lithium Corporation
Glossmann said he intends to apply his battery science and engineering experience to bringing the company's lithium metal technology to market. Pure Lithium's patented Brine to Battery technology integrates lithium metal extraction, anode production and battery manufacturing. Its battery is designed without graphite, cobalt, nickel or manganese.