Battery Development

QuantumScape has expanded its solid-state battery (SSB) commercialization partnership with Volkswagen subsidiary PowerCo, which plans to provide up to 131 million US dollars.

Chinese battery manufacturer SVOLT Energy plans to begin trial production of its first generation of semi-solid-state batteries with a 140-ampere-hour capacity in the fourth quarter of this year. This information comes from a report by the Chinese media platform Cailian. Production will reportedly take place on an existing production line intended for the later series production of these battery types. According to the report, the test series is intended primarily to prepare for the supply of future BMW mini models. Series production of these cells is planned for 2027. SVOLT states that the first generation will consist of softpack cells with an energy density of 300 watt-hours per kilogram. The manufacturer emphasizes the low cost of these cells. A second generation is currently in development and, according to the company, will achieve an energy density of 360 Wh/kg. SVOLT also says that it is working on all-solid-state battery cells, which are expected to achieve an energy density of 400 Wh/kg in their initial version. Source:https://cnevpost.com/2025/07/23/svolt-trial-production-semi-solid-state-batteries-q4/

Italian automation specialist Comau has commissioned a 500-square-meter drying room with dew point conditions of up to minus 50 degrees Celsius.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP) in Dresden has developed a roll-to-roll process that coats both sides of polymer films with copper or aluminum.

RWTH Aachen University, Fraunhofer FFB, and mixing technology specialist HS Tumbler will be working on accelerating the industrialization of new production and battery technologies.

Morrow Batteries from Norway and Swedish test laboratory SEEL will collaborate in the development of lithium nickel manganese oxide (LNMO) battery cells.

Euro Manganese from Canada and Integrals Power from the United Kingdom are considering an agreement to supply high-purity manganese sulfate from a project in the Czech Republic.

Comau from Italy is working with Intecells from the United States to further develop the use of cold plasma in the production of battery electrodes.

As part of the new “CellLab” project, an infrastructure for data-based research into battery production and its effects on cell quality is being created at RWTH Aachen University.

The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) has opened an 800 square-meter “Clean and Dry Zone” for industrial research, development, and testing.