BERLIN – Mercedes-Benz will incorporate a brand new, extremely energy-dense battery in its upcoming electrical G-Class from 2025, it mentioned on Tuesday, an answer to the issue of the right way to energy massive electrical vehicles with out weighing them down with heavy batteries.
The battery, made by start-up Sila Nanotechnologies, makes use of silicon-based anodes and is 20-40% extra power dense than comparable cells at the moment accessible, Mercedes-Benz mentioned.
Silicon – which Tesla mentioned in 2020 it could construct up using in its batteries – supplies an alternative choice to the extra generally used graphite, 70% of which comes from China.
Mercedes-Benz is the primary publicly introduced automotive buyer of California-based battery start-up Sila Nanotechnologies, which mentioned in early Might it was investing a determine within the low lots of of thousands and thousands of dollars in a brand new plant in Washington state as a result of open in 2024.
The premium carmaker has a minority fairness stake within the unlisted Sila, which can also be working with BMW.
Sila, based by an ex-Tesla engineer, raised a further $590 million final 12 months, boosting its valuation to an estimated $3.3 billion.
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