{"id":38797,"date":"2022-12-21T12:05:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=38797"},"modified":"2022-12-21T12:05:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:05:19","slug":"bmw-solid-power-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=38797","title":{"rendered":"BMW Will Manufacture Solid Power&#8217;s Solid-State Batteries in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/12\/21\/bmw-solid-power-batteries\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photomain-article\"> <noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1990\" height=\"1329\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"BMW Leipzig battery production 3\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3.jpg 1990w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3-1533x1024.jpg 1533w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1990px) 100vw, 1990px\" title=\"image of BMW Leipzig battery production 3\"\/><\/noscript><img width=\"1990\" height=\"1329\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201990%201329%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"BMW Leipzig battery production 3\" decoding=\"async\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3.jpg 1990w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3-1533x1024.jpg 1533w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1990px) 100vw, 1990px\" title=\"image of BMW Leipzig battery production 3\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"68.08\">\n<p>Earlier in the year, BMW and Ford announced they\u2019d be working with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2021\/09\/13\/bmw-to-get-solid-state-battery-test-cells-in-early-2022-from-solid-power\/\"> Solid Power,<\/a> to develop solid-state batteries for EVs. Solid-state batteries are the future of EV technology, as they offer better range, faster charging, better thermal management, and\u2014perhaps more importantly\u2014lighter weight. Solid Power build a new facility in Colorado earlier this year but it seems that BMW is going to help manufacture some of Solid Power\u2019s batteries in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>BMW has reportedly made a deal with Solid Power to use its intellectual property, and its solid-state cell design, and make batteries at one of its German plants. BMW is said to pay Solid Power $20 million through June 2024 for the rights to use Solid Power\u2019s proprietary cell designs and manufacturing techniques.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-5-scaled.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-431724\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-5-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"BMW Leipzig battery production 5 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-5-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of BMW Leipzig battery production 5 830x553\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-431724\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-5-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"BMW Leipzig battery production 5 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-5-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BMW-Leipzig-battery-production-5-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of BMW Leipzig battery production 5 830x553\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s currently no word on when BMW might use solid-state batteries in production vehicles but if it\u2019s going to start manufacturing some in its own facilities, it might be sooner than we all thought. Even if BMW doesn\u2019t sell any solid-state EVs anytime soon, there\u2019s a chance we could see a working test vehicle within a year or two. If BMW can even build a test mule with solid-state batteries, it would have quite the head start among its competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Solid-state technology is the future of battery technology. Not only do solid-state batteries have more relative capacity than typical lithium-ion batteries, they\u2019re faster to charge, too. And because they don\u2019t have a liquid electrolyte, they\u2019re considerably lighter than current EV batteries and don\u2019t heat up as quickly. Just decreasing the weight alone is a huge help, even with the same battery capacity, as that allows the EV to be more efficient, which means more range. But if it can lower the weight and increase capacity, it wouldn\u2019t be outside the realm of possibility to see a car like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/12\/21\/the-bmw-ix-heats-its-interior-quicker-than-most-other-evs\/\">BMW iX<\/a> get 400-500 miles of range, instead of 300 miles. This could be huge for BMW and we\u2019re very much going to keep an eye on this story as it develops.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonews.com\/automakers-suppliers\/bmw-make-solid-powers-battery-cells-under-expanded-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Auto News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier in the year, BMW and Ford announced they\u2019d be working with Solid Power, to develop solid-state batteries for EVs. Solid-state batteries are the future of EV technology, as they offer better range, faster charging, better thermal management, and\u2014perhaps more importantly\u2014lighter weight. Solid Power build a new facility in Colorado earlier this year but it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":38798,"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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38797","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}