BMW and Solid Power deepen joint development partnership

23 January 2023, 02:29:38

Under an expanded Joint Development Agreement, BMW Group and Solid Power have added a research and development license as a basis for their common next steps. This license enables BMW to establish an ASSB prototype line in its CMCC (Cell Manufacturing Competence Center) in Parsdorf near Munich.

The broadened relationship provides significant benefits to both companies, including conducting complementary cell development and manufacturing activities at Solid Power and the BMW Group to further advance all-solid-state cell design and manufacturing know-how.

Prior to the installation of the BMW Group’s prototype line, the BMW Group’s personnel will work hand-in-hand with Solid Power to optimize cell manufacturing processes. As the next step in the long-term industrialization timeline, Solid Power plans to deliver full-scale Automotive cells to BMW Group for testing purposes in 2023. The first BMW demonstrator vehicle featuring ASSB technology is planned for showcasing before 2025.

In September 2022 BMW Group has announced its Gen6 Li-Ion cell: For the sixth generation of BMW eDrive technology used in the NEUE KLASSE, the company has fundamentally refined the cell format and cell chemistry. With the new BMW round cell specially designed for the electric architecture of the NEUE KLASSE models, it will be possible to significantly increase the range of the highest-range model by up to 30 percent (according to WLTP). The new BMW round cells come with a diameter of 46 millimetres and two different heights of 95mm and 120mm. Compared to the prismatic cells of the fifth BMW battery cell generation, the cell’s volumetric energy density will improve by more than 20 percent.

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