大众汽车集团最早可以在2024年获得先进的电池组,这些电池组有可能将电动汽车的续驶里程增加80%,从而有力超过特斯拉成为该领域的领导者。
Developed by the U.S. startup 量子景观, the second-generation cell technology relies on a solid rather than liquid electrolyte and lithium metal instead of graphite for the anode. If it can be industrialized at scale, the two companies could collaborate to build a 20 gigawatt-hour factory, 量子景观 said.
公司于2018年6月首先达成协议 组建合资企业,大众在今年夏天宣布 它将增加其最初的1亿美元投资 by an additional $200 million following a further finance round, giving it a stake of about 20 percent in 量子景观.
Jagdeep Singh, the CEO of 量子景观 and one of its three founders, said at a presentation this month that there were two stages of output planned for their production joint venture.
“第一阶段的体积较小,约为1 gWh,第二阶段的体积为20 gWh,这是真正的千兆规模生产,” Singh said.
The first cells could be produced in 2024 before industrialization begins in earnest by 2026. According to its plans, 量子景观 estimates that full capacity would be reached two years later.
大众汽车集团首席执行官赫伯特·迪斯(Herbert Diess)希望该汽车制造商在电动汽车销量上超越特斯拉,并表示,无论哪个汽车制造商首先收购第二代电池都将具有主要的竞争优势。
“At our center of excellence in Salzgitter, 德国, we have successfully tested various 量子景观 cells. The results look very promising,“大众汽车集团零部件电池业务主管Frank Blome在本月的演讲中表示。
大众汽车的一位发言人澄清说,测试是在单元级别而不是在实际车辆中进行的,其结果与该公司发布的结果一致。当被问及大众是否可以从潜在工厂获得全部20 gWh的电力时,发言人说,“我们将利用合资企业的可用产能来满足我们最初的需求。”
量子景观 says its cells are significantly safer and more compact than those employing existing lithium-ion chemistries, and vehicles equipped with them could easily drive farther than 700 km (435 miles) before being recharged in less than than 15 minutes. The company said 实现此类绩效指标 代表“holy grail”电动汽车电池开发。