Battery Development

POSCO Future M from South Korea and Factorial from the USA are planning to collaborate on the development of materials for solid-state batteries.

Hyundai is planning to complete construction of its own 818-million-dollar Future Mobility Battery Campus development center in South Korea in late 2026.

U.S.-based company W. L. Gore & Associates has opened a battery laboratory in Shanghai for accelerated development and testing of lithium-ion battery materials.

At its development center, GAC Group from China has commissioned a pilot production line for solid-state batteries which are intended to be used in electric vehicles.

SVolt Energy from China plans to begin series production of its first-generation semi-solid-state batteries in 2026. To this end, a 2.3 gigawatt-hour production line has already been set up.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology (IWS) has launched its DRYplatform for industrial battery cell research in Dresden.

Samsung SDI, BMW Group, and Solid Power will be collaborating to evaluate the performance and safety of solid-state batteries for potential use in future BMW vehicles.

Sunwoda from China has presented a new generation of polymer-based solid-state batteries with an energy density of 400 watt-hours per kilogram.

US battery developer QuantumScape has begun delivery of its QSE-5 solid-state cell which is based on an anode-free architecture and a ceramic solid separator.

BENNING CMS and PEM Motion have developed a software model that simulates the companiesʼ ETA Leveling algorithm for battery management systems.