Storedot demos extreme fast charging battery technology
StoreDot, developer of extreme fast charging (XFC) battery technology for electric vehicles (EVs), has publicly demonstrated its ability to charge a full-scale EV battery cell with the energy for 100 miles in five minutes (100in5).
The demonstration featured a 300x100mm pouch cell produced at lithium battery company EVE energy’s manufacturing plant in China.
The battery was charged under a 10-minute time limit, during which the cell charged to 20Ah, exceeding the 0% to 80% capacity target set for the demonstration.
The cell maintained a charge rate capable of adding 100 miles of range every five minutes of charging.
At no point did the battery temperature exceed 33 degrees Celcius, which is below the recommended operating temperature set by StoreDot’s engineers. All critical parameters of the cell performed at an optimum level.
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StoreDot & Ola Electric
The successful demonstration is the result of a successful funding round, announced by Storedot earlier this year in March.
StoreDot secured a multi-million-dollar investment from Indian mobility platform Ola Electric for the research and development and scaling up of mass production for its XFC cells.
The funding and the demonstration alike aim to advance StoreDot’s ‘100inX’ strategic technology roadmap. The roadmap aims to transform automotive travel and facilitate the transition to a sustainable, zero-emissions future by delivering 100in5 by 2024, 100in3 by 2028 and 100in2 by 2032.
Yaron Fein, research and development vice president at StoreDot, stated: “Today’s demonstration represents the successful passing of another milestone on StoreDot’s ambitious technology road map.
“Our intensive development program has already delivered batteries capable of exceeding 1200 consecutive extreme fast cycles and we aim to complete the scaling up of more than 1000 cycles in our EV-size cells by the end of this year.
“We remain poised to achieve 100in5 by 2024, whilst remaining firmly on track to deliver our ultimate goal of 100in2 by 2032.”
Doron Myersdorf, CEO, StoreDot, stated that making it as quick for drivers to recharge car batteries as it currently is to fill a tank with fuel, is essential to changing customer behaviour and encouraging greener mobility.
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