RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Does anyone brave enough to guess who HPQ is working with?thesabbathlife wrote: Welderkev1 wrote: I think for now Amprius is our competition, but Bernard stated in the most recent interview that Amprius's cost for raw materials is more than Hpq is looking to sell their finished products. Instead of Amprius I think it's Advano and Sila. Advano is the company who asked the question "can we make it cheap enough to build trillions of batteries" which has been hpq's goal.
Pitpitcolisse wrote: He mentionned Sila and Amprius and theyre technologies. Amprius is using silane gas to make nanowires and in a interview said he received a call from someone using silane. I highly suspect both of them to be interested for receiving samples. Also Silion (bought by Tesla) works on sillicon anode and could be intersted in cheap nanoparticles or nanowires. They stated to have futur supply price expected to drop very soon... Coincidence? Maybe...
Qtrlbder wrote: This is regarding to the NDA.
Qtrlbder wrote:
Have been trying to find clues for sometime but no luck....
Advano upcycles scrap, silicon waste from semiconductor or solar panel manufacturing, to create A-SiFx™, a finely engineered, scalable silicon solution that increases the energy density of li-ion batteries. By upcycling, Advano is able to sidestep the toxic silicon manufacturing process entirely, protecting both the environment and its engineers. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/advano-delivers-scalable-advanced-silicon-solution-to-battery-industry-announcing-18-5-million-in-series-a-funding-300994346.html Advano has significant restrictions in their process unlike HPQ. Advano requires recycled high purity silicon, HPQ starts from quartz and carbon. I'd say Advano is the closest thing we can call a competitor, but does not have the capabilites PUREVAP has.
They are still using toxic silicon, but great that the are re-purposing such toxic silicon for additional use. The battery passport should track the silicons carbon footprint and would be interesting to see how much re-purposing would bring down its lifetime ghg emissions. Still, HPQ reigns superior due to its access of materials and lower ghg emissions.