Ilika reports success in battery plant study with Stellantis.
Solid-state battery technology company Ilika announced the successful conclusion of its scale-up study with partner Comau, part of automotive giant Stellantis.
The AIM-traded firm said the study reviewed its existing Goliath pre-pilot line, and delivered a plant design for a Goliath manufacturing line at a “mega-scale facility”.
It said the 12-month project was supported by the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), with Ilika receiving a Ā£0.28m grant towards costs related to the project.
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The company said the project had two objectives, with the first being a review and validation of Ilika’s internal plan to scale-up its facility from a production capacity of 50kWh per year to 2MWh per year.
Following the review, Ilika said it had a detailed facility and equipment plan, and entered into discussions with equipment vendors, with the first long-lead equipment orders expected to be placed in the second quarter.
Ilika’s 2MWh scale-up would deliver and commission a fully-operational facility by the fourth quarter of 2023, and in the meantime, the development of its Goliath solid-state battery technology was continuing to plan.
The second objective was an initial review of Ilika’s defined manufacturing process to assess its suitability for megawatt scale-up.
Ilika said it concluded there were no cost or technical barriers to scale-up, with the manufacturing benefits identified including an accelerated formation stage relative to traditional lithium-ion, which could “significantly reduce” formation times.
Thanks for staying up to date with batteriesnews.com. Comau produced a high-level costed plant design for the megawatt-scale solid-state manufacturing line, which would be further refined in future planned collaborations.
Graeme Purdy, Ilika chief executive officer, said:
This project has successfully validated Ilika’s scale-up plans for its Goliath technology, highlighting some important cost-saving benefits at higher volume production levels which pave the way to gigawatt scale manufacturing.
“Working with Comau, one of the world’s leading designers of innovative engineering solutions, has delivered a robust plan to scale-up Ilika’s manufacturing capability for Goliath solid-state batteries to the next level.”
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Ilika reports success in battery plant study with Stellantis, May 4, 2022
