Ex-Tesla Engineer Tsev Silicon Anode Cog Raws li US Amps Up EV Roj Teeb Ntau Lawm

Sila, lub roj teeb cov ntaub ntawv pib cofounded los ntawm ib qho ntawm Tesla tus thawj engineers thiab txhawb nqa los ntawm Mercedes-Benz, tab tom tsim lub Hoobkas loj hauv Washington State los ua roj teeb anodes uas siv silicon hloov graphite, uas lub tuam txhab hais tias yuav ua rau lub tsheb fais fab roj teeb. packs ntau zog-npaum thiab, thaum kawg, pheej yig dua.

Lub tuam txhab Alameda, California, coj los ntawm CEO Gene Berdichevsky, tab tom hloov lub tsev 600,000-square-foot industrial ntawm 160 acres hauv Moses Lake, Washington, mus rau hauv lub tuam txhab high-tech uas yuav tsim cov khoom siv anode txaus rau cov roj teeb mus txog. ib nrab ib lab tsheb hluav taws xob txhua xyoo hauv nws thawj theem. Thaum lub sij hawm cov nroj tsuag, uas yuav pib ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv 2024, yuav scale nce mus tsim txaus ntawm nws cov silicon-raws li anodes rau roj teeb nyob rau hauv lab ntawm EVs. Lub zog rau qhov chaw yuav yog xoom-carbon, muab los ntawm Washington txoj kab hluav taws xob hluav taws xob.

Kev nqis peev hauv thawj theem yuav nyob rau hauv "qib cuaj tus lej" thiab tag nrho kev tsim tawm yuav yog "zoo tshaj $ 1 nphom," Berdichevsky qhia Forbes, tsis muaj elaborating. Lub tuam txhab tau hais tias Daimler thiab BMW yuav yog thawj tus neeg siv ntawm nws cov ntaub ntawv hauv cov qauv hluav taws xob high-end.

Nws tau hais tias, "Ua ntej thiab qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws peb tab tom thawb kom muaj zog ntau dua," nws hais tias, kwv yees tias Sila's anodes muab txog li 20% kev txhim kho lub zog ua haujlwm rau cov roj teeb lithium-ion zoo tshaj plaws tam sim no thaum graphite anodes hloov. Lawv kuj tuaj yeem pab kom them nyiaj sai dua lossis tuav cov nqi pob los ntawm kev txo cov xov tooj ntawm tes uas yuav tsum tau mus rau tib qhov deb. "Yog tias koj tau txais lub tsheb uas muaj 1,000 lub hlwb hauv nws thiab nws muab ntau yam koj xav tau thaum txhua lub roj teeb khaws 20% ntau zog koj tuaj yeem mus ntawm 1,000 hlwb mus rau 800 hlwb. Tam sim no lub tsheb sib dua thiab nws pheej yig dua los ua. "

Sila cov xov xwm tuaj ib hnub tom qab US Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Zog tau hais tias nws tau muab $ 3.1 nphom hauv tsoomfwv cov nyiaj los ntawm Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill kom txhawb nqa kev tsim khoom hauv tsev ntawm cov roj teeb thiab cov khoom siv hluav taws xob thiab tsheb thauj khoom. Biden Administration xav kom EVs ua ib nrab ntawm tag nrho cov kev muag khoom hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas los ntawm 2030 thiab cia siab tias yuav nthuav dav US cov tsheb thiab roj teeb yuav pab ua kom tau raws li lub hom phiaj. Sila yuav zoo li yuav thov rau qee qhov ntawm tsoomfwv cov peev nyiaj rau nws txoj haujlwm Moses Lake, xav tias nws ua tau raws li DOE cov cai.

Tesla tam sim no yog lub tuam txhab loj tshaj plaws hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas tsim cov roj teeb EV, tsim lawv ntawm nws cov Gigafactory loj hauv Nevada thiab ramping li tso zis ntawm nws Giga Texas cog tshiab hauv Austin uas yuav tsim lub tuam txhab tshiab, loj dua 4680 roj teeb ntawm tes, nrog rau cov tsheb. General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen thiab lwm yam automakers tau tshaj tawm cov phiaj xwm rau cov chaw tsim hluav taws xob tshiab, thaum cov chaw muag khoom ntawm tes suav nrog Samsung, LG thiab Panasonic tseem tab tom nce US ntau lawm.

"Thawj Tswj Hwm Biden cov peev txheej keeb kwm hauv kev tsim cov roj teeb thiab rov ua dua tshiab yuav ua rau peb cov khoom siv hluav taws xob hauv tsev ua rau nws xav tau kom muaj kev nyab xeeb dua thiab tsis muaj kev cia siab rau lwm lub teb chaws - ua kom peb lub zog huv huv, tsim cov hauj lwm zoo, thiab decarbonizing kev thauj mus los," Tus Tuav Haujlwm Hluav Taws Xob Jennifer Granholm tau hais rau hnub Monday.

Berdichevsky yog Tesla xya tus neeg ua haujlwm, ntiav hauv 2004 ua tus thawj coj roj teeb engineer rau Roadster, lub tuam txhab thawj zaug sim ntawm lub tsheb hluav taws xob. Thaum nws tawm los, nws xav paub ntau ntxiv txog kev nrhiav txoj hauv kev tshiab los ua cov roj teeb lithium-ion uas nws tau ua haujlwm nrog ntau pheej yig dua thiab muaj txiaj ntsig zoo. Nws cofounded Sila hauv 2011 thiab tau nce $ 925 lab nyob rau kaum xyoo dhau los, suav nrog kwv yees li $ 600 lab thaum ntxov 2021, los tsim nws cov cuab yeej siv silicon thiab pab nyiaj rau thawj theem ntawm Washington cog.

Anodes yog ib qho ntawm plaub lub ntsiab tseem ceeb ntawm lub roj teeb, nrog rau cov cathode, cov khoom sib cais thiab electrolyte. Cov khoom siv uas nws tau coated nrog, feem ntau yog graphite, cia cov hluav taws xob tam sim no ntws los ntawm sab nraud Circuit Court thiab tseem tso cai rau kev nqus ntawm lithium ions los ntawm cathode. Tam sim no, feem ntau cov ntaub ntawv anode rau lithium-ion hlwb yog los ntawm Asia, Berdichevsky tau hais.

"Cov nroj tsuag no yuav yog thawj hom nroj tsuag hauv ntiaj teb rau peb. Peb yuav siv nws los ua daim phiaj xwm thiab luam tawm hauv Asmeskas thiab peb yuav rov ua dua nws thoob ntiaj teb, hauv Asia thiab Europe, "nws hais. "Peb yuav pib los ntawm kev txais yuav hauv cov tsheb high-end thiab peb kev koom tes nrog BMW thiab Mercedes . . . Tab sis raws li kev tsim khoom nce qhov no yuav tau txais kev pom zoo thoob plaws ntau, ntau OEMs hauv ntau qhov sib txawv siv. "

Nrog rau Mercedes-Benz, cov tub ua lag luam nyob ze Sila suav nrog 8VC, Bessemer Venture Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Coatue, In-Q-Tel, Matrix Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures thiab T. Rowe Price funds.