Battery Development

Technical University of Munich (TUM) has launched the Battery Start-up Incubator supported by the German government with 3.3 million euros.

SVOLT has presented the third generation of its Short Blade Cells which allow the Fengxing Short Blade Battery to be charged from ten to 80 percent within 8.5 minutes.

Boston-based company Pure Lithium claims that its cells for lithium-metal batteries have achieved over 2,200 charge cycles with a charge-discharge cycle of one hour.

Sionic Energy has unveiled a new battery cell based entirely on a silicon anode. By completely eliminating graphite, the energy density is increased by up to 42 percent.

QuantumScape has announced the completion and commissioning of its new ‘Cobra’ heat treatment system for the production of ceramic separators of solid-state batteries.

Stellantis and US company Zeta Energy will jointly develop lithium-sulphur batteries with lower mass than current lithium-ion batteries.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will invest 50 million dollars in the Low-cost Earth-abundant Na-ion Storage (LENS) consortium for a five-year period to advance sodium-ion batteries.

In Japan, Honda has presented a demonstration line equipped with all necessary manufacturing steps for solid-state batteries. It is set to begin mass production before the end of the decade.

BMW Group has opened the first section of its battery test center in Wackersdorf, Germany. By the end of 2025, cells, high-voltage batteries, and more will be tested on an area of over 8,000 square meters.

Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has increased its investment in solid-state battery research and development and is focusing on sulfide technology, recently having started test production of 20-ampere-hour prototypes.