StoreDot Claims Its XFC Did Not Degrade After 1,000 Fast Charging Cycles
31 Oct 2023, 10:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The own company performed these tests, so we need to wait for independent evaluations to be sure that XFC cells can really deliver that.
Unsustainable $25,000 BEVs: How (and When) Will We Have Affordable Electric Cars?
30 Oct 2023, 20:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Affordable electric vehicles cannot have a massive battery pack that costs a fortune by definition. They will need something different.
QuantumScape's Solid State Battery Pack Could Power Your EV for 300,000 Miles, Maybe
26 Oct 2023, 10:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company wanted its solid-state batteries to reach 800 cycles with 80% capacity, but its 24-layer cell delivered 1,000 cycles while retaining 95% capacity.
QuantumScape QSE-5 Has a Prospective Launch Customer – Volkswagen, Anyone?
27 Jul 2023, 21:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The first commercial solid-state cell from QuantumScape aims to offer over 800 Wh/l and to charge from 10% to 80% in 15 minutes.
QuantumScape Is Happy With Its SSB, But Shouldn't It Fear CATL's Condensed Cells?
28 Apr 2023, 10:52 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tests with automakers and electronics manufacturers confirmed what the startup said these cells would be able to do, but reliability has to improve.
QuantumScape Delivers 24-Layer Cells in Proprietary Format for Automakers to Test
20 Dec 2022, 21:41 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The hybrid format between pouch and prismatic batteries is probably headed to Volkswagen, but there are five others in the waiting line
StoreDot Claims Solid-State Cells Will Take Ten Years to Be Ready, But Will They?
3 Nov 2022, 09:55 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It joined SES in its doubts about the technology. The only difference is that it is also developing solid-state cells – called 100in2
QuantumScape Presents Its Proprietary Format: a Hybrid of Pouch and Prismatic Cells
27 Oct 2022, 23:37 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Pay careful attention to the image below: it shows how the cell looks when it is charged and discharged. The difference is extremely subtle
ONE Gemini Architecture Will Use Anode-Free Cells to Reach 600 Miles of Range
16 Sep 2022, 18:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Little by little, we are joining the small pieces of information Our Next Energy (ONE) is releasing about its hybrid battery pack
QuantumScape Reinforces That Its Secret Sauce Is Its Ceramic Separator
16 Sep 2022, 08:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company also revealed how it intends to produce its precious material: with a technique called tape casting, already used by MLCCs
QuantumScape Now Has Six Automakers in Its Sampling Agreements List
28 Jul 2022, 00:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company also disclosed that it created a 24-layer cell, which means it is close to sending its first A-samples to customers
Toyota Is the World’s Leader in Solid-State Battery Patents By a Wide Margin
7 Jul 2022, 13:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to Nikkei Asia, Toyota has 1,331 known patents while Panasonic is in second place with 445 patents. South Korean competitors are speeding up
QuantumScape Talks About Proprietary Format and 4th Automotive Partner to Shareholders
28 Apr 2022, 17:28 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The joint venture the company disclosed on March 1 will be established in the U.S. for up to 50 GWh in solid-state batteries
Nissan Presents Its All-Solid-State Batteries and Their Factory for the First Time
8 Apr 2022, 10:38 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The presented cells seem to have a single layer and are pouch batteries. The manufacturing process shows it is almost artisanal at this point
QuantumScape Will Now Sell Its Solid-State Batteries to a Fourth Carmaker
2 Mar 2022, 17:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The solid-state battery startup informed about the new automaker willing to test its A samples in a Form 8-K to the U.S. SEC
After SES Goes to South Korea, QuantumScape Opens R&D Center in Japan
22 Feb 2022, 22:38 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Asian countries are a target for these battery startups not only due to the talent pool they offer but also to the customers they represent.
Instead of Promoting Clean Transportation, Tesla May Be Damaging It
20 Feb 2022, 21:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If the company is a leader in saving the world, we should ask if it is leading in the right way or if other companies are following it to a dead end.
QuantumScape Produces First 16-Layer Cells, Plans A Samples for 2022
17 Feb 2022, 22:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company presented some of its achievements and plans for its solid-state platform in a letter about Q4 2021 results to shareholders.
QuantumScape Fast Charges Its Solid-State Cell More than 400 Times
27 Jan 2022, 21:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The battery startup said its solid-state cells retained way more than 80% capacity at 4C, charging in less than 15 minutes
QuantumScape Signs Third Partnership Agreement With Global Luxury Auto Company
20 Dec 2021, 16:45 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We confess we were unaware of the second partnership, but it was announced in September with another “top ten (by global revenues) OEM.”