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Solid Power Installs Pilot Production Line For Solid-State Battery Cells

Solid Power Installs Pilot Production Line For Solid-State Battery Cells

Automotive qualification testing of new EV batteries will begin by the end of this year.

By Mark Kane 07 June 2022

Nissan Unveils Prototype Production Facility For Solid-State Batteries

Nissan Unveils Prototype Production Facility For Solid-State Batteries

The goal is to achieve a cost of $75 per kWh at the pack level by the fiscal year 2028. $65 per kWh thereafter.

By Mark Kane 08 April 2022

Samsung SDI Builds Solid-State Battery Pilot Facility

Samsung SDI Builds Solid-State Battery Pilot Facility

The company would like to become the #1 player in the solid-state batteries.

By Mark Kane 20 March 2022

Solid-State Batteries: Mercedes-Benz Invests In ProLogium

Solid-State Batteries: Mercedes-Benz Invests In ProLogium

The two companies will deepen technology development cooperation.

By Mark Kane 29 January 2022

Factorial Energy Raises $200 Million From Mercedes And Stellantis

Factorial Energy Raises $200 Million From Mercedes And Stellantis

The cash will help to accelerate commercialization of Factorial's solid-state batteries.

By Mark Kane 23 January 2022

Solid-State Battery: Mercedes, Stellantis Invest In Factorial Energy

Solid-State Battery: Mercedes, Stellantis Invest In Factorial Energy

The company demonstrated 40 Ah solid-state battery cell. Is it the breakthrough the industry was waiting for?

By Mark Kane 30 November 2021

Nissan Announces Proprietary Solid-State Batteries: $75/kWh Pack

Nissan Announces Proprietary Solid-State Batteries: $75/kWh Pack

They are expected by fiscal year 2028, with a pilot plant in Yokohama as early as fiscal year 2024.

By Mark Kane 29 November 2021

QuantumScape Achieved Solid-State Battery Goal Ahead Of Schedule

QuantumScape Achieved Solid-State Battery Goal Ahead Of Schedule

A 10-layer solid-state battery cell prototype has shown battery capacity retention greater than 80% after 800 charging cycles.

By Mark Kane 27 November 2021

SK Innovation And Solid Power To Co-Develop Solid-State Batteries

SK Innovation And Solid Power To Co-Develop Solid-State Batteries

Solid Power is already backed by Ford and BMW.

By Mark Kane 28 October 2021

Hyundai, Kia Announce Solid State Battery With Factorial Energy

Hyundai, Kia Announce Solid State Battery With Factorial Energy

The Korean automakers will join forces with Massachusetts-based Factorial Energy for its development.

By Andrei Nedelea 28 October 2021

Bjørn Nyland Checks Out Solid-State Battery-Powered Mercedes eCitaro

Bjørn Nyland Checks Out Solid-State Battery-Powered Mercedes eCitaro

It's equipped with Lithium Metal Polymer (LMP) batteries.

By Mark Kane 30 September 2021

Toyota Outlines Its Strategy On Batteries And Electrification

Toyota Outlines Its Strategy On Batteries And Electrification

The company will invest over $13 billion in the battery supply system and research and development by 2030.

By Mark Kane 09 September 2021

VW Partner QuantumScape: 10-Layer Solid-State Battery Development

VW Partner QuantumScape: 10-Layer Solid-State Battery Development

The battery maker announced that it's already testing 10-layer solid-state battery cells.

By Steven Loveday 30 July 2021

Corporate / Financial

Oxis Faces Bankruptcy A Month After Announcing 450 Wh/kg Cells

Oxis Faces Bankruptcy A Month After Announcing 450 Wh/kg Cells

Deliveries of Quasi Solid-State lithium-sulfur batteries were promised to start in Autumn 2021.

By Mark Kane 27 May 2021

Harvard Develops Solid-State Cell Following BLT Sandwich Logic

Harvard Develops Solid-State Cell Following BLT Sandwich Logic

Won’t it make solid-state batteries fat?

By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo 21 May 2021

Manufacturing / Production

QuantumScape And VW Are Selecting Where To Make Solid-State Cells

QuantumScape And VW Are Selecting Where To Make Solid-State Cells

Salzgitter is so far the location with more chances to produce these batteries.

By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo 17 May 2021

QuantumScape CEO Talks About Competitors, Short Sellers And SSBs

QuantumScape CEO Talks About Competitors, Short Sellers And SSBs

He did that in an interview with Sandy Munro.

By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo 14 May 2021

Estrema Fulminea Might Be The First EV With Solid-State Cells

Estrema Fulminea Might Be The First EV With Solid-State Cells

It will also use ultracapacitors to recover all the energy it can by 2023.

By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo 14 May 2021

Solid Power Will Power BMW And Ford With Its Solid-State Cells

Solid Power Will Power BMW And Ford With Its Solid-State Cells

Volta Energy is another company investing in Solid Power to use its batteries.

By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo 03 May 2021

Solid-State Battery Race Has A New Entrant: Factorial Energy

Solid-State Battery Race Has A New Entrant: Factorial Energy

The company presented a 40 Ah solid-state battery and names like Dieter Zetsche and Mark Fields.

By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo 28 April 2021

OXIS To Offer 450 Wh/kg Quasi Solid-State Li-S Cells In Fall 2021

OXIS To Offer 450 Wh/kg Quasi Solid-State Li-S Cells In Fall 2021

The 2026 target is 600 Wh/kg and 900 Wh/L.

By Mark Kane 21 April 2021

BMW Touts Solid-State Car Battery By 2030, Test Vehicle By 2025

BMW Touts Solid-State Car Battery By 2030, Test Vehicle By 2025

The automaker says it will offer a "demonstrator" for proof of concept years ahead of the actual launch.

By Steven Loveday 19 April 2021

Gatech Study Shows A Way To Solve Solid-State Cells' Main Issue: Cost

Gatech Study Shows A Way To Solve Solid-State Cells' Main Issue: Cost

According to Gleb Yushin, “most companies, universities, and national labs overlook” that.

By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo 11 March 2021

Mercedes-Benz eCitaro Buses With Solid-State Batteries Recalled

Mercedes-Benz eCitaro Buses With Solid-State Batteries Recalled

A small-scale recall concerns the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro with solid-state batteries.

By Mark Kane 10 March 2021

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