Rumors About BYD's Solid State and Sodium-Ion Batteries Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
23 Nov 2022, 11:36 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Recent reports from China indicated that BYD is preparing to mass-produce solid-state and sodium-ion batteries, but BYD denied they were true
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
Sakuú and NGK Partnership Shows Spark Plug Companies May Have a Future Making Batteries
22 Sep 2022, 22:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The battery startup will make its 3D-printed solid-state cell with the help of the expertise the Japanese spark plug supplier has with ceramic materials.
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
Japan Proved All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries Work in the Vacuum of Space
15 Sep 2022, 06:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese space agency JAXA successfully charges and discharges an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery in the vacuum of space
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
Volkswagen Announces PowerCo and Shows the Unified Cell
7 Jul 2022, 17:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In an event that had the German chancellor Olaf Scholz, Volkswagen explained a little better how it would manufacture its own cells
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
Sakuu-LM Cells Can Stand Continuous 3C Discharge Rates
7 Jun 2022, 12:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company also disclosed that it intends to put its printed solid-state batteries made with the Kavian platform should start tests with customers in 2023.
Solid-State Sodium-Sulfur Batteries Thought Impossible To Make Until This Breakthrough
4 Jun 2022, 21:02 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Solid-state sodium-sulfur batteries offer clear advantages compared to their Li-ion brethren, but until now, no suitable solid electrolyte has been found
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
Honda's Electric Plans Include Two Sports Cars and a Pickup Truck
12 Apr 2022, 10:37 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Toshihiro Mibe explained all changes Honda will have to go through to achieve its target of selling 2 million electric cars by 2030
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
Protean Makes New Partnership With Dongfeng to Sell EVs With In-Wheel Motors
7 Apr 2022, 12:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The idea is not new. Despite that, we’re yet to see a production electric vehicle that will count on hub motors to move around
Battery Startup States It May Soon Sell Li-S Cells, With Energy-Density Advantages
30 Mar 2022, 13:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Theion may have beaten the known issues with sulfur batteries with a proprietary solid electrolyte and carbon nanotubes.
Sion Power's Promising Licerion Cells Reach More Than 2,500 Cycles
10 Mar 2022, 20:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / They have reached 70% of their capacity after all these cycles but may last even longer if submitted to slower charging cycles
Aston Martin Partners With Britishvolt to Develop High-Performance Cells
7 Mar 2022, 09:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / They will be used to power Aston Martin’s second BEV (battery electric vehicle), scheduled to arrive by 2025. By 2030, its core portfolio will be electrified.
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
Toyota Will Not Sell the bZ4x in Japan, Only Offer It Through a Subscription Service
24 Feb 2022, 09:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / That makes Toyota’s strategy for electric cars more clear and reinforces what we said before: the Japanese carmaker is waiting for the right cells