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.
Toyota Partners With Oil Company to Make Solid-State Batteries, Reveals More Details
12 Oct 2023, 23:41 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Thanks to the Idemitsu Kosan deal, we now know the breakthrough material developed by Toyota has to do with lithium sulfide.
Toyota BEV Factory Elaborates on Its Future Plans and Focus on Aerodynamics
16 Sep 2023, 07:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / More specifically, the Japanese company wants its battery electric vehicles (BEVs) to have a small frontal area. Battery packs should help with that.
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.
Solid-State Batteries One Step Closer to Reality Thanks to Significant Breakthrough
23 Jun 2023, 15:08 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Scientists at Osaka Metropolitan University have achieved stabilization of the high-temperature phase of Li3PS4, a critical material for solid-state batteries
Toyota Promises BEVs With Giga Castings and 932-Mile (1,500-Km) Range by 2028
13 Jun 2023, 13:50 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / By 2026, it will already offer a new-generation square lithium-ion battery that will allow ranges of 621 miles (1,000 kilometers).
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.
Solid-State Battery With No Anode Has Twice the Energy Capacity of Conventional Batteries
3 Apr 2023, 17:18 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Scientists at the University of Texas have invented a new type of solid-state battery that has no anode and can hold twice the energy of a liquid Li-Ion battery
With 500-Wh/Kg Cell, Amprius Shows (Again) How Far We Are from Mature Battery Tech
25 Mar 2023, 11:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Amprius started delivering these cells in February 2022, but they are still not available for the car industry, which may have to do with longevity
Scientists Found Out What Kills Solid-State Batteries and Are Working on a Solution
3 Feb 2023, 16:45 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Scientists at Stanford University have discovered what causes solid-state electrolyte failures and are working hard on a solution
Porsche Consulting to Design Sakuu's 3D-Printed Lithium-Metal Cell Factories
23 Jan 2023, 13:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Sakuu intends to have an installed capacity to make 200 GWh per year of Sakuu-LM (Lithium Metal) cells and solid-state batteries worldwide by 2030
BMW Announces Cylindrical Cell Formats: Not 4680, But Rather 4695 and 46120
20 Jan 2023, 18:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company also confirmed a deal with Solid Power that Reuters anticipated in December 2022: it will make solid-state cells in-house
Where Are those Solid-State Battery EVs? How Long Do We Have to Wait for Them and Why?
15 Jan 2023, 14:22 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / The optimists expect solid-state battery tech to be deployed soon after 2025. The pessimists are pointing to at least 10 years delay. Let’s try to be realistic
RAM 1500 Revolution BEV Concept Uses the Kautex Pentatonic Battery System and SSB
11 Jan 2023, 00:45 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Images released by Kautex also revealed that the electric pickup truck has Factorial pouch cells. Solid-state batteries with 100 Ah, to be more precise
StoreDot Opens Semi-Solid-State Cell Research Facility in Irvine, California
10 Jan 2023, 12:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The new laboratory will seize the talented human resources in the region and try to increase contact with American automakers
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
New Discovery May Clear Major Hurdle in the Way of Solid-State Batteries for EVs
13 Dec 2022, 07:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A team from the Yokohama National University in Japan may have found a new material to make solid-state batteries last longer and charge faster
Airbus, Renault to Work Together on Solid-State Batteries for Electric Cars and Airplanes
30 Nov 2022, 12:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Airbus and carmaker Renault announced a partnership for the development of new battery tech, including solid-state
NIO Supplier WeLion Claims It Recently Started Production of Solid-State Battery Cells
25 Nov 2022, 09:30 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Battery startup WeLion claims it has started production of solid-state battery cells at its new production facility in Huzhou, eastern China