More nickel please ! Solid Power claims its cells can achieve a "stack-level specific energy" of 350 Wh/kg and 750 cycles with 80% capacity retention. It also claims to have achieved a cell lifespan of 1,000 cycles with greater than 80% capacity retention. With small pouch cells so far, the next step will be to scale up to the larger format pouch cells that some automakers are shifting to.
Ford and BMW have backed Solid Power and upped the investment last May. With that announcement, they said Solid Power would provide cells to both automakers for testing in 2022.
BMW has announced that it will have a prototype solid-state battery by 2025, with a production-ready version by 2030. Ford’s partnership with battery supplier SK Innovation is set up with the flexibility for future production of solid-state cells while preserving about 70% of the equipment used for current cell production.
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