PowerCo and QuantumScape aim to industrialize solid-state batteries

Electric mobility PowerCo and QuantumScape aim to industrialize solid-state batteries

2024-07-12 Source: Press release | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

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Volkswagen's battery subsidiary PowerCo and QuantumScape have agreed to jointly industrialize QuantumScape's lithium-metal solid-state technology. Depending on technological progress and certain license payments, PowerCo will license production-ready battery cells based on the battery manufacturer's technology.

PowerCo and QuantumScape want to industrialize solid-state batteries. Pictured here is the 24-layer prototype of a battery cell in the QuantumScape format.(Image: QuantumScape) — PowerCo and QuantumScape want to industrialize solid-state batteries. Pictured here is the 24-layer prototype of a battery cell in the QuantumScape format.
(Image: QuantumScape)

Under the non-exclusive license, PowerCo can produce up to 40 GWh per year using Quantumscape technology. The capacity can also be optionally expanded to up to 80 GWh per year, which would be enough for about one million electric vehicles per year. The agreement is, according to the companies' conviction, the fastest way to mass-produce solid-state cells on a gigawatt-hour scale to meet the growing global demand for better batteries for electric cars. It replaces a previous joint venture between Volkswagen and QuantumScape for the joint production of battery cells.

Self-developed solid-state ceramic separator

With this agreement, a close partnership is established where the two companies complement each other—QuantumScape's technology meets PowerCo's industrialization skills. This also includes close personnel cooperation for the industrialization of QuantumScape's technology.

QuantumScape's technology platform is based on a self-developed solid-state ceramic separator, which enables the use of pure lithium metal anodes. This is the key to high energy and power density, high charging speed, and a robust safety profile. Together, both companies want to develop a battery cell that can be used in vehicles from the Volkswagen Group.

Collaboration in detail

Regarding the next phase of cooperation between the two companies, Frank Blome has resigned from his position on the QuantumScape board. Since 2020, Blome has been serving as one of two representatives of the Volkswagen Group on the QuantumScape board. The car manufacturer remains the largest shareholder of QuantumScape. The succession on the board of QuantumScape will be announced in the coming months.

In China, solid-state batteries for electric vehicles could soon be as cost-effective as their semi-liquid predecessors. At least that's what Chinese battery manufacturer Sunwoda thinks. (Image:phonlamaiphoto - stock.adobe.com)

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