The future of batteries, electric cars, and driverless vehicles. A new blog from Medium.
Silicon Anode Battery
In The Mobilist. More on Medium.
Is it only coincidence? EV and battery-makers are all heading towards the same basic strategy
If all goes according to plan, Gene Berdichevsky’s advanced batteries will be in electric BMWs and Daimlers in 2025, providing at least a 20% jump in energy density. With that juice, their EVs may cost substantially less, go further on each battery charge, or a little of both. To get there, Berdichevsky’s company, Sila Nanotechnologies, has just raised $590 million, with plans to build a battery plant with triple the capacity of Elon Musk’s iconic Nevada Gigafactory, and produce the first commercial silicon anode, an elusive leap sought for decades by researchers around the world.
