battery claims

Battery claims


Battery claims

November 24th 2024, Goliath moving towards a minimum viable product solid state battery

Perhaps not the strongest claim ever, but a real timeline, not something intangible in 3 years.


https://www.ilika.com/latest-news/goliath-d6-milestone-reached-ramping-up-ev-battery-capacity


November 22nd 2024, Honda going to produce solid-state batteries 

Still in the “mock production line” phase.


https://cleantechnica.com/2024/11/21/honda-is-building-its-own-solid-state-batteries/

November  20th 2024, first solid state production line.

A road map promising 500wh/kg in a couple of years.

https://carnewschina.com/2024/11/19/chery-claims-to-be-worlds-first-company-with-1-gwh-solid-state-battery-production-line/

November 14th 2024, Ehang flies solid-state 

The battery has 500wh/kg and is touted for mass production in 2025.


https://newatlas.com/aircraft/ehang-solid-state-battery-evtol-test/

November 8th 2024, more tripe about Toyota going to produce magic batteries 

It's a slow news week, so I wouldn't bother with this usually, but it's an exercise in critical thinking and compare and contrast with the other announcements. I won't insult anyone's intelligence by explaining.


https://www.topspeed.com/automakers-on-notice-toyota-745-mile-solid-state-battery/

November 3rd 2024 SoLITHor achieve a 1000 cycle 384wh/kg solid-state battery for aviation 

The production process is compatible with existing battery production processes. 


https://www.solithor.com/en/media/1238/press-releases/solithor-reaches-1000-charging-cycles-with-over-80-capacity-retention-a-key-milestone-in-its-development-of-solid-state-batteries-for-the-aviation-and-maritime-sectors

October 30th 2024 Zinc batteries with 100,000 cycle lifecycle. 

This would drastically reduce the cost of grid storage. 

https://www.tum.de/en/news-and-events/all-news/press-releases/details/significant-extension-of-zinc-battery-lifespan


October 24th 2024, CATL develops a long range PHEV battery utilising sodium ion technology 

This seems to be as I suggested would happen years ago a hybrid battery where a sodium layer buffers a lithium battery for operation in -40c conditions. It is intended for use in range extending PHEVs where an ICE tops up the battery and is not part of the drivetrain.  Personally I think that sounds extremely problematic,  liquid fuel has a shelf life and with 400km range outside of an abnormal use case it would create problems. 


https://carnewschina.com/2024/10/24/catl-launches-battery-for-phevs-with-400-km-range-and-4c-charging-for-bev-like-experience/



October 24th 2024, China's GNE develops lithium sulfur batteries with 700wh/kg energy density 

The claim is that life cycle issues have been “mitigated”. Forget cars! That sort of energy density would change the face of aviation and trucking. Plus Lithium Sulfur has a theoretical limit of 2,600wh/kg.


https://www.ess-news.com/2024/10/23/chinas-gne-develops-lithium-sulfur-battery-with-energy-density-of-700wh-kg/


October 24th 2024, Quantumscape begins production of 300wh/kg solid-state batteries 

Small scale production being sampled to automakers. Its cells are the first anode-free solid-state lithium-metal cells ever produced. The charge time is under 15 minutes. Once again this would turn 210 mile range EVs with LFP batteries into having a 350 mile range. Remarkably this is the fourth similar reputable announcement this week.


https://electrek.co/2024/10/23/quantumscape-begins-production-b-sample-solid-state-cells-oem-testing/


October 23rd 2024, Harvard seek to take fast charging solid-state battery to production 

Claimed to have a 6000 cycle life, which equates to over 2 million miles and 10 minute charging. As ever lab to production line is the rocky road.


https://electrek.co/2024/10/23/harvard-solid-state-battery-charges-in-minutes/

October 21st 2024, What happened to the million mile battery

I don't habitually include youtube videos or generalized pieces, but I am making an exception here as it is really educational,  packing a lot into 15 minutes.


https://youtu.be/ksGUMbXJ4Eo?si=vLbjmIDOpHl4oWzx

October 18th 2024, Chery to launch solid-state battery in 2026 and launches fast charging LFP batteries now

The solid-state claim is an aim of 600wh/kg in 2025 which would casually give EVs more range than most ICE cars with a much lighter battery than in current EVs. 

The LFP claim is 400 km of range on a 5 minute charge, but the batteries seem far less energy dense than what CATL and BYD are offering.  Cycle life is 3000 e.g. good for easily 600,000 miles.


https://carnewschina.com/2024/10/18/chery-to-launch-solid-state-battery-in-2026-and-launches-ultra-fast-charging-6c-batteries-now/

October 14th, 2024 Hyundai aim for 300wh/kg LFP batteries in 2025

This invites a number of responses!

Is it pure hyperbole? Some of the article gives that impression,  but a claim of 2025 lends credibility.

300wh/kg takes a typical 210 mile range LFP EV from 2024 and makes it a 350 miles range EV with a smaller/lighter/cheaper battery.

Plus of course LFP has advantages over Lithium Ion, there are no controversial Nickel or Cobalt and you can charge to 100% as a matter of course. Never mind the fact they are cheaper and far less prone to thermal runaway and have much greater cycle life.


https://electrek.co/2024/10/14/hyundai-develop-industry-leading-300wh-kg-lfp-ev-batteries/

October 12th, 2024 quick and easy Sodium battery anodes

Perhaps not very exciting, but a good example of the innovations that constantly drive the costs of battery production down. Good news for sodium batteries is good news for Lithium prices and hence good news for EVs.


https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-quick-easy-anode-materials-sodium.html

October 10th 2024 more fast charging news from an unlikely source!

Fast charging claims come thick and fast. This one is still in the lab, but hey it's a slow news week and it's an interesting read.


https://www.topgear.com/car-news/future-tech/new-doped-solid-state-batteries-can-charge-80-cent-just-nine-minutes


October 8th 2024, Store Dot releases ultra fast charging batteries to automakers 

The ultimate goal is 3 minute charging. 


https://www.store-dot.com/press/storedots-ev-battery-customization-takes-off-5-major-automakers-on-board

October 2nd 2024, Altech deploy solid state sodium chloride battery for testing

The batteries are claimed to have a 15 year lifetime. Cheap sodium batteries are a key factor in renewable energy storage. 


https://www.eqs-news.com/news/corporate/altech-advanced-materials-ag-puts-first-cerenergy-battery-prototype-batterypack-abs60-into-operation/2139847

September 29th 2024, Hyundai promises cheaper LFP battery production 

The article alludes to the much touted $100 per kwh figure that was meant to mark production price parity with ICE cars, and puts the 2023 cost at $139. But both BYD and CATL have talked about prices halving in 2024 which would put current costs at $70. 

The Hyundai process which eliminates a production step is a promise of another cost reduction.


https://cleantechnica.com/2024/09/27/hyundai-cooks-up-a-low-cost-ev-battery-scheme-for-the-affordable-ev-of-the-future/

September 26th 2024, General Motors to produce CATLs 6c charging battery in China

This is a life line for general motors whose sales have collapsed in China. News on this battery that can fully charge in 10 minutes has been around since June, but now we hear it will be in cars in 2025.


https://carnewschina.com/2024/09/26/general-motors-to-produce-ultra-fast-6c-charging-ev-in-china/

September 25th 2024, cheap iron chloride cathodes

The revolutionary material, iron chloride (FeCl3), costs a mere 1-2% of typical cathode materials and can store the same amount of electricity.

The cost of their whole battery system is 30-40% of current LIBs as no Nickel or Cobalt is used.

The technology is pitched as being less than 5 years from commercialisation.


https://news.gatech.edu/news/2024/09/22/new-battery-cathode-material-could-revolutionize-ev-market-and-energy-storage

September 23rd 20202, Lechanche launch long life battery with niobium based anode

The claim is a 10,000 life cycle battery suitable for heavy duty mining applications.


https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/leclanche-launches-xn50-worlds-first-li-ion-commercial-cell-featuring-echion-technologies-xnor

September 22nd, 2024, startup Tyfast claim very fast charging 20,000 life cycle vanadium anode batteries 

The aim is for 3 minute charging in batteries 30% more expensive than Lithium ion but lesser energy density. The target is “always on” devices like warehouse robots.

It is interesting how different use cases may be best served by different batteries chemistries. 


https://spectrum.ieee.org/vanadium-batteries

September 22nd 2024, imec claim high energy density lithium metal batteries compatible with existing manufacturing processes 

The detail though suggests 3 times the cost of where I suspect LFP batteries are getting to right now and a 100 cycle life. That translates to 30,000 miles before a BEV battery hits serious degradation.


https://www.imec-int.com/en/press/lithium-metal-battery-novel-solid-electrolyte-achieves-1070-whl-through-cost-effective

September 22nd 2024, BMW teaming up with Redwood on battery recycling 

Batteries are fill of valuable materials the recycling industry will grow. Possibly the story here is that the recycling industry can influence manufacturing to gear to recycling. One elephant in the room is Tesla 4680 battery packs that are fill of “goo” making them practically impossible to repair and more difficult to recycle. 


https://cleantechnica.com/2024/09/20/bmw-to-get-battery-recycling-support-from-jb-straubels-redwood-materials/

September 21st 2024, Lithium Vanadium batteries claimed to be better than LFP

Boston startup Pure Lithium is replacing Nickel and Cobalt in cathodes with vanadium which is relatively abundant.

https://www.mining.com/vanadium-is-the-new-battery-cathode-chemistry-says-pure-lithium-ceo/


September 15th 2024, Catl launch 1.5 million km bus batteries 

These batteries have a 10 year 1 million km warranty and are projected for a “service life” of 15 years which I feel might be misinterpreted as some kind of time limit on battery life where really it's a projection for a battery clocking up more than 1 million km.

https://cnevpost.com/2024/09/14/catl-launches-battery-electric-buses/

September 14th 2024, fly wheel storage goes live in China

No one has crunched the numbers here, but especially as it is the first of its kind I suspect it would have been expensive. 

This though symbolises the problem of competing with fossil fuels in a market economy.  Fossil fuel may be cheap at point of use, but the hidden costs are incomprehensibly high, the literally destruction of the eco system.

But despite this we demand renewables to be cheaper than fossil fuels. 

https://www.ess-news.com/2024/09/13/china-connects-its-first-large-scale-flywheel-storage-project-to-grid/

September 11th 2024, Japan roll out 2.4 billion in domestic EV subsidies

If any final admission was needed, then this is it. The future is with batteries,  everyone including Toyota with any clue knows this.


https://autodrive.com.bd/posts/japan-rolls-out-2-4-billion-in-domestic-ev-subsidies

September 11th 2024, Ilika goliath solid-state battery prototypes demonstrate superior safety.

Solid-state prototypes that are being sampled to OEMs.

 

https://www.ilika.com/latest-news/goliath-prototypes-demonstrate-superior-safety

September 11th 2024, Panasonic to begin mass production of 4680 battery cells

It's important to remember that 4860 is just a specification like saying an AA battery. The real questions will be how much? And how good? In comparison with what Tesla is able to do with its thus far problematic 4860 production.


https://thedriven.io/2024/09/11/step-change-panasonic-to-begin-mass-production-of-4680-ev-battery-cells/


September 9th 2024, Envsision produces the highest energy density grid storage battery

Grid storage batteries continue their journey towards commoditization.  A lot of people think that Tesla will continue to make massive profits from grid storage, but I fail to see how long term.


https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/09/09/envision-pushes-energy-storage-density-to-new-highs-with-8-mwh-20-foot-container/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

September 7th 2024, Wartsila releases new grid storage battery.

This is in the list almost because it isn't very interesting and that serves to highlight the growing commoditization of grid level batteries.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/09/05/wartsila-releases-new-utility-scale-battery/

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September 6th 2024, Group 1 unveils potassium ion battery

I have found little technical material on this, but they say it is being sampled to cell manufacturers.  Batteries free of lithium,  nickel,  copper and cobalt are clearly a good thing. The release places energy density at between 160 and 180wh/kg on a par with older LFP batteries. 


https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/group1-unveils-first-potassium-ion-battery-in-18650-format-302211876.html

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September 5th 2024, Nio signs worldwide battery swap partnership deal


The fact that companies continue to pursue battery swapping as a solution is interesting.  But like we have petrol and diesel coexisting there is no intrinsic reason why battery swapping shouldn't have a place. A swappable battery can still be charged without swapping and swapping has a number of potential advantages.

  • You don't own what is the expensive point of failure in an EV. 

  • You should be able to choose battery size, only swapping to a heavier battery when needed.

  • If you can't charge at home it's the familiar solution to ICE drivers.

  • It would be a bit faster than even very fast charging EVs.

The merits of these points are very debatable,  but hey people will pay £500 to go to an Oasis gig!


https://cnevpost.com/2024/09/05/nio-signs-partnership-deal-suzhou-energy-group/

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September 4th 2024, MG to release car with possibly a 368wh/kg “solid-state” battery in 2025. 

The article implies it will be a battery jointly developed in a partnership between SAIC and Chinese battery specialist, Jiangsu Qingtao and actually semi solid-state. SAIC has claimed their batteries will be 30% cheaper than LFP in the long term. 

Like many announcements in recent weeks these energy densities would create long range EVs lighter than ICE cars.


https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mg-launch-first-electric-car-solid-state-battery-2025

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September 3rd 2024, Enerpoly opens first Zinc-ion mega factory for grid storage.

Batteries meant to be cheaper and longer lasting than Lithium based batteries. The article does contain misinformation that lithium batteries only “manage 12 years”.

https://newatlas.com/energy/enerpoly-zinc-ion-battery-megafactory/

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September 1st 2024, Another rebuttal to the idea that batteries cannot be recycled in an environmentally frequency cost effective fashion.


https://thedriven.io/2024/08/29/researchers-develop-new-process-for-recycling-ev-lithium-ion-batteries/


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August 31st 2024, Study shows that how a battery is initially charged can have a dramatic effect on battery life.

With a very high current initial charge stabilizing the “SEI” layer on the negative electrode. Two obvious points though, what chemistries does this apply to? And consider the source as this research is funded by Toyota.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1056171

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August 31st 2024, Swansea University collaborates in the development of a graphene foil

The foil highly conductive to heat and electricity could replace copper and aluminum current collectors in batteries,  increasing energy density and forming an oxygen barrier protecting against thermal runaway. 

https://www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/news-events/news/2024/08/researchers-unveil-scalable-graphene-technology-to-revolutionise-battery-safety-and-performance.php

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August 30th 2024 , ORNL with a claim of a thin electrode separator membrane that could give solid-state batteries 500 wh/kg density. 

Of course there are many solid-state claims at the moment and this one is still in the lab.

https://www.ornl.gov/news/researchers-demystify-polymer-binders-pave-way-better-sulfide-solid-state-electrolyte

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August 30th 2024, Chinese company Penghui Energy promise solid-state mass production of a “cheap” possibly 300 wh/kg battery in 2026. 

The 600 cycle life gives cars an approximately 300,000 mile life. The price claim is that “it costs just 15% more than your average standard battery cell used in today's EVs” but that's such a moving goal post that it could be twice as expensive or more than some new LFP batteries. 


https://www.arenaev.com/chinese_company_showcases_solidstate_battery_to_enter_mass_production_in_2026-news-3875.php

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August 28th 2024, Yokohama National University achieving high energy density with manganese anodes

Note the density of 820wh/kg quoted isn't a cell level density let alone pack level. But we are talking game changing numbers in a no Cobalt battery. A reminder here that I aim to keep these battery updates in the realms of real rather than hyperbole,  from lab to production is a long road. This particular claim is sufficiently interesting to get a mention but might drop off the list unless it firms up.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1055354?

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August 19th 2024, Amazing cost and density claims from Paraclete at $35kwh and 520wh/kg

Note this is talked about in reference to the anode only.

https://www.electrive.com/2024/08/19/paraclete-announces-battery-density-breakthrough/


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August 15th 2024, China based Eve Energy reveals a very fast charging NCM battery pack targeting 400wh/kg  by 2028.   

I still find myself struggling with why car users would care? It's not gain if you spend 5 minutes at a charger rather than 3 minutes at the pump and then have to park up for the toilets.  Plus whilst the harm in fast charging is it appears greatly exaggerated I have never heard anyone claim It's totally harmless.


https://www.ev.com/news/eve-energy-unveils-omnicell-6c-battery-with-300-km-range-in-5-minutes-of-charging&blogId=4772


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August 14th 2024, Lithium metal batteries from SES passes stringent safety tests for a 400wh/kg battery. 

Cost and production hurdles aside it's another portent of EVs with 350 miles of range that would be lighter than ICE cars.


https://www.electrive.com/2024/08/13/ses-reports-progress-with-lithium-metal-battery/

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August 9th 2024, An expansion of sodium ion batteries on the Chinese grid.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/08/08/sineng-electric-launches-worlds-largest-sodium-ion-battery-storage-project/


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August 7th 2024, Forge battery claiming sampling on a 300wh/kg at cell level battery with 10 minute charging and reduced manufacturing costs

Factory plans are for mass production in 2026.

It's interesting to compare this announcement which is perhaps 20% improvement or less on current available best is class batteries with more hyperbolic "game changing" claims.

In my view it doesn't take very much to change the game. If these batteries could replace LFP batteries in cars with 225 miles range, those cars would have over 300 miles range and that's a tipping point without solid-state being needed.


https://www.ev.com/news/forge-battery-unveils-revolutionary-gen-1-1-supercell-with-10-minute-fast-charging-for-evs&blogId=4551

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August 6th 2024,  Batteries have dropped in price 90% in 15 years

Note this that's out of date! Could be 95% by the end of 2024. Yet some people think price parity is 2027.


https://cleantechnica.com/2024/08/06/ev-battery-pack-costs-90-lower-in-2023-than-in-2008/

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August 6th 2024, Production ready potassium ion batteries

Hyperbole warning it gives fake low numbers for where lithium ion and LFP are at currently.

https://www.techspot.com/news/104110-new-potassium-ion-battery-technology-could-soon-replace.html

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July 31st 2024, Samsung are sampling expensive solid state batteries at 500 wh/kg density 

The suggestion is that density could double. It's being touted as a 600 mile battery which is of course poor reporting. Not found a decent link on this one.

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July  31st 2024, Another credible long life high density solid-state claim

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01596-6

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July 24th 2024, University of Hong Kong stable Lithium Metal batteries.

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/lithium-metal-battery-developed

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July 18th 2024, Tesla do or die by end of year on 4680 batteries.

This follows on from previous news that a new manager was given this deadline. But there never can be a set time in which break throughs can be made and no one is standing still on batteries.

https://electrek.co/2024/07/17/elon-musk-might-give-up-tesla-4680-battery-cell-end-of-the-year/

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July 16th 2024, This story not only talks about a high mileage battery getting a warranty replacement but about growing calls for battery warranties to increase to 15 years at 85% capacity. 

This would eliminate the last concerns about battery life. Notably the car was a later Model S with a more reliable battery pack than earlier cars. It can't be emphasized enough how young the modern history of EV batteries is. From nothing 20 years ago to where we are today. The development curve for making a really real world reliable for decades battery hasn't even spanned that time period.


https://www.notebookcheck.net/Fast-charged-Model-S-battery-gets-warranty-replacement-at-416-000-miles-in-a-testament-to-Tesla-longevity.863684.0.html

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July 12th 2024, MG offering a lifetime unlimited mileage battery and drivetrain warranty,  only in Thailand at this point.

https://ev-a2z.com/news/mg-shakes-up-ev-market-with-industry-first-lifetime-battery-warranty/

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July 11th 2024, Buying with a reliable idea of battery health is important to a mature used market.

https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/proof-of-used-ev-battery-quality-should-be-down-to-car-companies-and-dealers-aviloo/304741

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July 8th 2024, USTC claims solid-state state with anode materials a fraction of the price of Lithium Sulfide, reducing battery cost to 10% of current solid-state batteries.

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-low-cost-solid-state-battery-innovation


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July 3rd 2024, Sunwoda's claims are notable for touting 700wh/kg in 2027

 

This is yet another solid-state battery.  The price claims are prohibitive at the moment though.


https://www.arenaev.com/solidstate_batteries_to_become_considerably_cheaper_in_2026-news-3692.php

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July  3rd 2024, Promise of cheaper redox flow batteries without vanadium for grid storage.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/vanadium-free-redox-battery

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July 3rd 2024, SAKUU PCC cheap high density solid state 370wh/kg using a lot less packaging

Not so great on cycle life, but game changing. But on the subject of life cycle a 1000 lifetime might be poor, but in a 400 range car thats 400,000 miles. It really wouldn't matter that much if it was 500 cycles!


Sorry for the youtube link, it's all I have right now.

https://youtu.be/yZhKqpleAXM?si=HLU_aSgaPLIUbddr

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July 1st 2024, Iron flow batteries are a very different kind of battery unsuitable for anything other than grid storage,  but with massive potential.

https://thenextweb.com/news/iron-flow-battery-ess-schiphol-airport-technology-startup

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July 1st 2024, Toshiba SCIB batteries to be released in 2025 promise fast charging and 10,000 80% cycle life.

https://www.global.toshiba/ww/products-solutions/battery/scib/next/nb.html

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June 27th 2024, Geely's new LFP battery claims 192wh/kg and a 50 year lifetime.

https://cnevpost.com/2024/06/27/geely-releases-aegis-short-blade-battery/

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June 26th 2024, The CATL 500wh/kg condensed battery promises to power long range aircraft

An 8 tonne aircraft translates I guess to carrying 25 people. That's pretty "real" and undoubtedly would change aviation.


https://cnevpost.com/2024/06/25/catl-batteries-to-power-electric-aircraft-3000-km/

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June 22nd 2024, Farasis Energy joining the list of semi solid-state batteries

This one with a 5000 life cycle to 70% and good temperature performance.  The energy density is implied to be high. No mention of costs, manufacturing or time scales.


https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/farasis-energy-ev-battery-handles-22f-to-149f

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June 17th 2024, Production of the WeLion 260 wh/kg at pack level,semi solid-state battery continues to increase. 

These are 150kwh batteries but at a $40,000 cost. I have no information on how that cost might reduce, but I'd invite people to consider that a 50kwh battery of this type would give a car a decent  range and it is not at all unreasonable to assume volume production would halve costs.


https://cnevpost.com/2024/06/17/welion-sees-31-pct-increase-installations-may-2024/


Cycle life appears to be 20% degradation over 1000 cycles. That's not over impressive but 1000 x 50 x 5 e.g. a 50kwh battery getting 5 miles a kw would reach 250,000 miles which isn't terrible.


https://www.batterydesign.net/welion-she350-106ah/


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June 17th 2024, TDK claim small solid-state batteries with 1000wh/l a 250% improvement on existing batteries.

Due to ceramic materials,  the batteries are not considered scalable even to smart phone sizes.

https://www.ft.com/content/e33cb565-6d44-4f9a-9105-f3afc03aa732

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June 16th 2024, Unigrid promise to double the energy density of LFP using sodium and existing battery production processes.


https://batteriesnews.com/unigrid-battery-announces-12-million-series-a-round/

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June 15th 2024, Lucid boast about 5 miles per kwh efficiency 

Throwing this in the mix as we care about batteries mostly because of range, but 20% better efficiency is the same as 20% better battery. It equally important and oft forgotten.

https://electrek.co/2024/06/14/lucid-ceo-air-efficiency-5-miles-per-kwh-no-one-else-is-even-close/

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June 14th 2024, Latest study that suggests little damage is done fast charging a modern EV.  

It is not however split out by battery chemistry or charging to 100% rather than 80% and of course the data for fast charging remains sparse as few people regularly fast charge.


https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/impacts-of-fast-charging

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June 14th 2024, Factorial sampling solid-state batteries to Mercedes

The aim is a 90kwh battery driving 600 miles range whilst being 30% less in weight and size.

https://newatlas.com/automotive/factorial-solid-state-battery-b-sample/

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June 13th 2024, BYD and CATL both launching batteries with full 10 minute charging. 

This article also explains what 6C charging means.


https://carnewschina.com/2024/06/13/byd-catl-to-launch-battery-with-6c-fast-charging-report-says/

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June 13th 2024, Liquid air energy storage plant being built in the UK

Claimed to be economical at scale. As ever this sort of development begs the question  of what is "really" economic? Ripping coal from the ground in Wales was nicely economic for mine owners,  but the slag heaps are not economic for us now. Lithium and Cobalt are also "nicely economic" and not the utter horror fossil fuel companies would have us believe,  but even materials that will be recycled come at an environmental and social cost.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgg81j2xdpo

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June 13th 2024, More environmentally friendly lithium extraction from dilute sources of lithium.

https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/new-method-optimizes-lithium-extraction-from-seawater-and-groundwater-387665#:~:text=Scientists%20at%20the%20University%20of,and%20offshore%20oil%20drilling%20operations.

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June 13th 2024, High temperature sodium sulfur batteries for grid storage

https://www.ess-news.com/2024/06/11/basf-ngk-launch-sodium-sulfur-battery-with-less-than-1-degradation-rate/

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June 8th 2024, China invests in solid-state research

 Amidst the current rash of solid-state announcements touted incredible energy densities it is a portent of even more amazing things to come.


https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/China-Accelerates-Solid-State-Battery-Development-with-Government-Funding-Boost.html


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June 4th 2024, Gotion annouces 10 minute charging technology ready for immediate mass production

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/gotion-high-tech-ev-battery-fast-charge/

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June 3rd 2024, South Korean collaboration claims an aluminium oxide anode coating that helps with fast charging stability


though the numbers quoted are not striking me as anything special.

https://www.techexplorist.com/new-tech-ensures-stability-lithium-ion-batteries-under-fast-charging-conditions/84347/


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31st May 2024, Claims that thermal energy storage is competitive with lithium ion


The  article acknowledges that battery prices are dropping this decade,so I consider the claim dubious at best.


https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/new-energy-storage-tech-poised-to-outcompete-lithium-ion-batteries-bnef/2-1-1651998

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31st May 2024, 2000 cycles from StoreDot on a silicon anode battery is a milestone event.


https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/storedot-battery-cycles-ev-milestone/


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29th May 2024, Lithium sulfur claiming 70% retention at 1000 cycles with a theoretical possible density of 500wh/kg.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/05/28/bringing-lithium-sulfur-batteries-closer-to-commercialization/

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28th  May 2024, SAIC claim full solid state production by 2026

https://www.thedrive.com/news/chinas-saic-motor-says-itll-mass-produce-solid-state-ev-batteries-by-2026


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24th May 2024, EV  batteries are outlasting cars


https://www.theenergymix.com/ev-batteries-outlive-the-cars-as-degradation-concerns-begin-to-evaporate/

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19th May 2024, Nitron energy more sodium batteries

https://newatlas.com/energy/natron-sodium-ion-battery-production-startt/


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19th May 2024, Zinc Lignin batteries have cheap cycle life, but only lead acid power densities

https://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=63000#:~:text=Link%C3%B6ping%20University%20researchers%20created%20a,the%20journal%20Energy%20%26%20Environmental%20Materials.

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19th May 2024, GWM claims solid-state pouch batteries

https://carnewschina.com/2024/05/10/gwm-gives-details-of-solid-state-battery-and-other-news-at-agm/


These are not at EV pack level yet.

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19th May 2024, Bedrock materials startup

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sodium-ion-battery-by-ex-Tesla-engineer-can-hit-300-mile-range-parity-with-LFP-cells-for-cheaper-EVs.838910.0.html


Claim of 300 mile sodium batteries receiving seed funding for production.

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19th  May  2024, BYD releasing LFMP? batteries in August 2024. Claimed 190wh/kg density.


https://www.electrive.com/2024/04/09/byd-to-prepare-market-launch-of-next-generation-blade-battery/


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19th May 2024, CATL announcing 205wh/kg LFP batteries

https://www.catl.com/en/news/6239.html#:~:text=At%20Auto%20China%202024%2C%20CATL,kilometers%20with%204C%20superfast%20charging.


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19th May 2024, Toyota are building battery production in the USA

https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-supercharges-north-carolina-battery-plant-with-new-8-billion-investment/


No mention of battery chemistry.


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19th May 2024, Gotion High-tech LFMP BYD releasing LFMP? batteries in August 2024. Claimed 190wh/kg density

https://thedriven.io/2023/05/24/breakthrough-ev-battery-pack-could-last-2-million-kms-or-130-years-of-average-driving/


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19th May  2024, CATL 1.5 million km LFP battery, with zero degradation over 1000 cycles.

https://www.theenergymix.com/chinas-catl-unveils-1-5m-km-ev-battery-long-duration-storage-unit/


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19th May 2024, LM motors Semi solid-state EV production.

https://carnewschina.com/2024/04/15/im-l6-with-semi-solid-state-battery-to-launch-may-13/


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