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CTOnews.com, November 15 (Xinhua) American all-solid-state battery company Solid Power has recently produced the first batch of solid-state battery units and delivered them to BMW, which plans to launch the first prototype car based on Solid Power technology by 2025.

The news comes from Solid Power's recently released third-quarter annual report. The report also said that with the delivery of sample batteries, the formal car qualification process has begun. These batteries will also be used in BMW demonstration projects.

John Van Scoter, President and CEO of Solid Power, said: "our team has strong execution and we produced and delivered our first sample An electric car batteries to BMW more than a week ago, which is a major milestone for Solid Power. We are very pleased to be able to complete these deliveries, start the formal car certification process, and continue to commercialize. These Amur1 electric vehicle battery units will also support BMW's demonstration project, which we hope will also be an important demonstration of our technology. "

BMW plans to launch its first prototype car using Solid Power technology by 2025, and BMW has obtained a research and development license from the American company. BMW will build a prototype production line for solid-state batteries based on Solid Power's design at Parsdorf's battery manufacturing capability center near Munich, Germany.

Solid Power was founded in 2011 as a branch of the University of Colorado. Today, the company is one of the most promising solid-state battery developers in the world. In the summer of 2022, the US company announced that it had completed the installation of its pilot production line and planned to deliver the first battery units to its investors and customers for certification testing by the end of this year. Besides BMW, Ford is also one of its supporters.

The pilot production line will automatically produce all-solid-state battery monomers using the company's sulphide-based solid-state electrolyte materials. It is estimated that the full capacity of the trial production line will reach about 15000 battery units per year. According to earlier news, the company plans to start mass production in 2026.

CTOnews.com noted that in May 2021, the company released details of its solid-state battery platform, which uses a traditional NMC cathode, which means that the production process does not need to change. Combining silicon anodes and solid electrolytes, Solid Power plans to make battery monomers with an energy density of 390 Wh/kg. If the lithium metal anode is used instead of the silicon anode, the energy density of the battery unit (still using the NCM-811 cathode) will reach 440 Wh/kg.

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