US-based solid-state battery producer Ion Storage Methods will obtain $20 million from the US Division of Power’s Superior Analysis Tasks Company-Power (ARPA-E) Seeding Important Advances for Main Power Applied sciences with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program.
Ion was one among 4 firms to safe funding from SCALEUP in 2024 as a part of its $63.5-million program funds. This system’s aim is to assist ARPA-E-funded applied sciences transition from proof-of-concept prototypes to commercially scalable and deployable variations. ARPA-E’s SCALEUP funding and company partnerships will allow Ion to develop its manufacturing services within the US.
The funding is a part of a three-year, $40-million partnership with French ceramics, glass and materials provider Saint-Gobain and US semiconductor course of and high quality management firm KLA to speed up the commercialization of Ion’s anodeless solid-state battery. The ARPA-E financing can be matched by one other $20 million in personal funds, bringing the full program dimension to $40 million.
“Accelerating the widespread adoption of electrical autos requires rising driving vary, decreasing prices, and bettering security. Ion Storage Methods—via an earlier ARPA-E program—centered on working towards these targets, and now, via SCALEUP, the corporate will speed up home manufacturing of solid-state, high-power-density lithium-metal batteries, primarily based its ceramic electrolyte manufacturing know-how,” mentioned Evelyn Wang, ARPA-E Director.
Supply: Ion Storage Methods