Mercedes is taking a big step to reduce electric vehicle battery costs.They have opened a new center in Stuttgart, Germany, in the Untertürkheim district: eCampus. The new eCampus will play a key role in developing battery cells and batteries for future electric vehicles. Here are the details…
Mercedes cuts electric vehicle battery costs by 30 percent
Mercedes aims to reduce battery costs by 30 percent. To achieve this goal, they are working on new chemicals and production processes. Innovative battery chemistries such as lithium-ion cells, cobalt-free cathodes and silicon-based anodes will be developed here. Solid-state batteries will also be part of this development process.
Mercedes plans to increase energy density up to 900 Wh/l. They intend to achieve this goal by using anodes or solid electrolytes with a high silicon content. Work at the new eCampus will take place in two phases. In the first phase, an industrial battery cell production laboratory was opened on an area of 10,000 square meters.
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Here, battery cells with various chemicals will be produced and tested for Mercedes. The second phase, scheduled to be completed by the end of the year, will see the opening of a 20,000 square meter center where new batteries will be tested and approved.
This new move by Mercedes is a significant step towards producing more cost-effective and high-performance batteries for electric vehicles. This will make electric vehicles more accessible and widespread.
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