{"id":22472,"date":"2022-05-18T00:04:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T04:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22472"},"modified":"2022-05-18T00:04:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T04:04:23","slug":"1135883_mercedes-benz-g-class-ev-will-use-silicon-battery-tech-increasing-energy-density","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22472","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz G-Class EV will use silicon battery tech increasing energy density"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercedes’ electric G-Class will use a new battery chemistry from American firm Sila, the automaker confirmed Tuesday in a press release.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2011, Sila has developed a high-silicon anode material the company claims can boost energy density by 20% to 40% over current lithium-ion battery chemistries, to more than 800 wh\/l at the cell level.<\/p>\n

Increased energy density means more energy can be stored in a given space, allowing for more range without increasing the size of the battery pack.<\/p>\n

\"Mercedes-Benz<\/p>\n

Mercedes-Benz EQG Concept<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mercedes, which invested in Sila in 2019, plans to begin using the company’s cells mid-decade for an extended-range version of the G-Class EV. Cells will be manufactured at a Washington State factory using 100% renewable energy, the companies claim.<\/p>\n

Mercedes is the first publicly announced automotive customer for the factory, and plans to expand use of the new cells to other models after their debut in the G-Class.<\/p>\n

Scheduled to launch in 2024<\/a>, the electric G-Class was previewed by last year’s EQG Concept<\/a>. That concept had a ladder frame, similar to the current G-Class, housing the battery modules. Four electric motors\u2014one for each wheel\u2014provided power, while a shiftable 2-speed gearbox handled off-road gear reduction.<\/p>\n

\"Mercedes-Benz<\/p>\n

Mercedes-Benz EQG Concept<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

At the time of the concept’s unveiling, Mercedes said it planned to test production-intent versions on the 4,741-foot\u00a0Sch\u00f6ckl Mountain in Graz, Austria, at the end of development to prove the EV’s off-road chops. The mountain has a 3.5-mile off-road course with gradients up to 60 degrees.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, an updated version of the current G-Class is expected to arrive soon. We’ve already seen prototypes<\/a> of the standard version, AMG G63<\/a> performance version, and a high-riding 4×4 Squared<\/a> version out testing. The revised G-Class is expected to debut later this year as a 2023 model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mercedes’ electric G-Class will use a new battery chemistry from American firm Sila, the automaker confirmed Tuesday in a press release. Founded in 2011, Sila has developed a high-silicon anode material the company claims can boost energy density by 20% to 40% over current lithium-ion battery chemistries, to more than 800 wh\/l at the cell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}