以色列有一家新创有机电池公司StoreDot过去几年一直在电池界掀起话题
他们的技术是否能成真很难判断
但以戴姆勒为首的几名主要投资者给了相当多的赞助
并且投资了6000万美金想把他们的电池技术带入量产阶段
戴姆勒的卡车部门对于这项技术非常有兴趣
在新闻稿里这样说：
"StoreDot的FlashBattery技术可以在几分钟内为任何电动车辆充电，
就像加满一桶油一样快"
包括三星在内的一些公司同样也投资了这项技术。
StoreDot描述其电池技术：
"StoreDot的核心技术包含化学合成的非生物来源的有机分子。
这些创新的分子证明了独特的可调光学和电化学特性，
这些特性能够提高储能装置的性能。"
"电池系统可以在5分钟内完全充电，并可实现高达300英里（480公里）的范围"
该公司表示，目标是2022年开始量产，会在中国兴建工厂，
其目标是每年产能可达到1～10 GWh。
如果这家公司没有唬烂的话，那表示燃油车的退场可能会比我们想的要更快
官方介绍影片：
https://youtu.be/ZkMMxmPfWVA
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This weird ‘organic’ battery tech claiming to charge an EV in 5 mins raises
$60 million led by Daimler
Israel-based startup StoreDot has been making waves in the battery world for
the past few years.
It has been hard to gauge the credibility of its technology, but it now gets
a big thumbs-up from some major players with a new $60 million round of
investment to bring their battery tech to production.
Daimler AG’s Trucks division is interested in the technology and confirmed
today that it led the investment round.
They wrote in a press release:
“Complementing the investment, both partners have agreed to a strategic
partnership that focuses on the field of fast battery charging. StoreDot’s
FlashBattery technology enables charging any electric vehicle within minutes,
as quickly as filling a tank of gas. Furthermore, FlashBattery’s high
efficiency in recuperation is particularly interesting for commercial
vehicles; better usage of braking energy increases the range and requires
less frequent charging. This results, together with faster charging times, in
higher vehicle usage. Both partners will jointly work on tailor-made,
integrated technologies, with the future-generation FUSO eCanter as a
possible example of application. The possibility of further joint projects,
even beyond the Trucks division, is part of both companies’ future
discussions.”
Other companies, including Samsung, invested in the new round of funding.
StoreDot describes its battery technology:
“StoreDot’s core technology incorporates chemically synthesized organic
molecules of non-biological origin. These innovative molecules demonstrate
uniquely tunable optical and electrochemical properties, which allow for
enhanced performance of energy storage devices.”
They claim that their battery system can be fully charged within 5 minutes
and enables a range of up to 300 miles (480 km), which generally means a
battery pack of over 75 kWh of energy capacity in an average size car.
StoreDot is also leveraging its battery tech for mobile devices with the same
fast-charging claims.
Not much else is known about StoreDot’s technology, but the company says
that it aims to bring it to mass production at its own facility called ‘
OneGiga’ by 2022.
They are planning to build the factory in Shenzhen, China, and they aim for a
scalable capacity of 1 to 10 GWh per year.
Electrek’s Take
When it comes to claims of “battery breakthroughs”, it’s extremely
difficult to distinguish what has real potential and what is simply PR fluff.
It’s relatively easy to make a battery really good at one thing, like
fast-charging, energy density, durability, or low cost, but it’s extremely
hard to make a battery good at all those things. And they need to be in order
to be viable.
Therefore, we often see claims that a new battery has the highest energy
density or is the quickest at fast-charging, but they often fail at one or
more of the other important metrics.
It’s why we need to take those claims with a grain of salt.
Though when it comes to StoreDot, at least it looks like they are being taken
seriously by Daimler, which is currently in the process of solidifying its
battery supply chain in preparation for a major expansion of its electric
vehicle business.
Could be a startup to watch in the coming years. What do you think? Let us
know in the comment section below.