ION will collaborate with Saint-Gobain, one of many world’s largest ceramics, glass and materials suppliers, and expertise firm KLA to speed up the commercialization of its high-performing, anodeless SSB.
The ARPA-E SCALEUP (seeding vital advances for main power applied sciences with untapped potential) program will contribute $20 million that might be matched by one other $20 million in personal funds, bringing the overall program measurement to $40 million.
The SCALEUP program builds on the company’s “main analysis and improvement focus to assist the scaling of disruptive new applied sciences throughout the total spectrum of power functions,” stated ARPA-E.
ION was considered one of 4 corporations to safe funding from SCALEUP in 2024 as a part of its $63.5 million program price range. In accordance with the company, this system’s objective is to assist ARPA-E-funded applied sciences transition from proof-of-concept prototypes to commercially scalable and deployable variations of the expertise.
ARPA-E’s SCALEUP funding and company partnerships allow ION to fabricate excessive performing, EV-scale SSB cells within the US with domestically sourced supplies whereas increasing on what’s already among the many largest SSB manufacturing amenities in the USA.
“Accelerating the widespread adoption of electrical autos requires rising driving vary, lowering prices, and enhancing security,” Dr. Evelyn N. Wang, ARPA-E director, stated in a information launch.
“Ion Storage Methods — via an earlier ARPA-E program — targeted on working towards these targets, and now, via SCALEUP, the corporate will speed up home manufacturing of subsequent technology solid-state, high-power-density lithium-metal batteries, primarily based on ION’s proprietary ceramic electrolyte manufacturing expertise.”
The mission will embrace sustainability-focused cell design and manufacturing milestones, with deliberate improvements providing the chance for the mitigation of greenhouse gasoline emissions on the order of tens of 1000’s of metric tons of CO2 per GWh relative to Li-ion.