Massachusetts-based Factorial has a new solid-state battery named Solstice. Factorial is backed by Mercedes-Benz, which led a $200 million funding round in the company in 2022. Mercedes-Benz is already working on bringing these batteries to market by the end of the decade. Solid-state batteries are considered the next big thing in battery technology. Several automakers … Continue reading “Future Mercedes-Benz EVs May Get Solid-State Batteries With 80% More Range”
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The legendary GT-R is going electric and will likely be Nissan’s first to use solid-state batteries. As the new tech develops, Nissan hinted that solid-state batteries could give the electric GT-R even more power. We got our first look at the electric GT-R after Nissan unveiled the Hyper Force EV concept last October. Nissan claimed … Continue reading “Nissan’s Electric GT-R will be its first with solid-state batteries for over 1,000 kW of power”
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US-based solid-state battery manufacturer Ion Storage Systems will receive $20 million from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy Technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. Ion was one of four companies to secure funding from SCALEUP in 2024 as part of its $63.5-million program budget. The … Continue reading “Ion Storage Systems to receive $20 million in ARPA-E funding to commercialize solid-state battery”
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VW’s PowerCo could eventually make up to 80 gigawatt-hours of solid-state cells annually QuantumScape and PowerCo will combine forces to scale up production Production timeline and location weren’t specified Volkswagen’s PowerCo battery unit and the solid-state battery tech firm QuantumScape on Thursday announced a path toward the industrialization and mass-production of solid-state lithium-metal batteries for … Continue reading “Deal lays path to solid-state batteries for a million VW EVs annually”
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Solid-state battery developer QuantumScape has signed an agreement with PowerCo that gives the Volkswagen Group’s battery arm a non-exclusive license to mass produce its technology. This agreement could expedite the industrialization of QuantumScape’s next-generation solid-state lithium-metal battery technology and potentially help revolutionize electric mobility. QuantumScape ($QS) and PowerCo continue expanding their relationship regarding next-generation battery … Continue reading “VW Group’s PowerCo licensed to mass produce QuantumScape’s solid-state battery technology”