Solid Power expects to begin supply solid-state battery cells to BMW and Ford later this year for testing and validation purposes.
Five years later comes news that the company has completed a manufacturing line for its batteries that will be able to produce 15,000 battery cells a year. That may not seem like a lot, but those cells will be delivered to BMW and Ford for them to test in real world battery-electric vehicles. Once those validation tests are compete, it will be time to move on to volume production, which will be done by an existing battery manufacturer.
That’s the beauty of the Solid Power batteries that have been under development all these years. Not only do they have higher energy density for more range, are able to charge more quickly that conventional batteries, and have a much lower risk of catching fire, they also have one significant advantage over other solid-state batteries — they can be manufactured in a traditional battery factory without expensive upgrades for new production machinery.
“The installation of this EV cell pilot line will allow us to produce EV-scale cells suitable for initiating the formal automotive qualification process.
Solid Power was founded in 2012. Its approach is to use a sulfur-based solid electrolyte and an anode that’s very high in silicon — more than 50%, according to the company. The journey from concept to prototype to volume production will be nearly 15 years long by the time it is completed a few years from now. For the sake of the EV revolution, it can’t happen soon enough.
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