5-minute charging technology helps electric cars run 160km

The company StoreDot plans to launch super-fast charging battery technology by 2024, helping to solve concerns about the range of electric cars.

According to a press release this month, StoreDot is in the early stages of developing groundbreaking semi-solid state technologies and is targeting mass production of "100in5" fast-rechargeable battery cells, delivering 100 miles (160) km) travel in 5 minutes of charging in 2024, then improve its charging capacity by 40% in 2028 with "100in3" battery, and finally reach "100in2" in 2032 by improving by 33%.

StoreDot's super-fast-charging electric car battery cells.

The fabrication of these ultra-fast-charging battery cells (XFCs) involved global experts from Israel, the UK, the US and China. StoreDot's XFC 100in5 technology has now been tested in the real world by several automotive manufacturers.

It has now been shown to be applicable to any battery format, including pocket batteries and 4680 batteries, formats increasingly favored by global automakers.

StoreDot's XFC technology includes a mostly silicon anode that is able to pick up lithium ions much faster than a graphite anode, thanks to the lower resistance of the silicon, but it also has to control its tendency to swell. of silicon when receiving those ions, otherwise damage will be caused by mechanical forces inside the battery.

"It is of paramount importance that we provide global automakers with a clear, realistic and non-exaggerated roadmap to introduce ultra-fast battery technology. Following the rapid development of the technologies. StoreDot's silicon-dominant chemistry, we'll be ready for mass production by 2024, offers a product that helps overcome a major hurdle in widespread electric vehicle adoption: charging time and worried about scope," StoreDot CEO Doron Myersdorf said in a statement.

Last year, StoreDot became the first company in the world to launch a 4680 cylindrical fast-charge battery, capable of being fully charged in just 10 minutes. The company has been granted 12 patents, including technologies that give EV batteries a fixed capacity throughout their lifespan, as well as the ability to regenerate while in use.

"Our strategic technology roadmap extends beyond 2024, where each milestone represents an impressive performance improvement - a huge impact on the driver experience. We're also developing batteries. Its semi-solid state is aimed at mass production by 2028, which will prove a better charging experience for electric vehicle drivers in terms of mileage per minute of charge," added Myersdorf.