Mercedes-Benz will incorporate a brand new, extremely energy-dense battery in its upcoming electrical G-Class from 2025.
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Mercedes-Benz will incorporate a brand new, extremely energy-dense battery in its upcoming electrical G-Class from 2025, it stated on Tuesday, an answer to the issue of the best way to energy massive electrical automobiles with out weighing them down with heavy batteries.
The battery, made by start-up Sila Nanotechnologies, makes use of silicon-based anodes and is 20-40% extra power dense than comparable cells at present out there, Mercedes-Benz stated.
Silicon – which Tesla stated in 2020 it might construct up the usage of in its batteries – gives an alternative choice to the extra generally used graphite, 70% of which comes from China.
Mercedes-Benz is the primary publicly introduced automotive buyer of California-based battery start-up Sila Nanotechnologies, which stated in early May it was investing a determine within the low a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in a brand new plant in Washington state resulting from open in 2024.
The premium carmaker has a minority fairness stake within the unlisted Sila, which can be working with BMW.
Sila, based by an ex-Tesla engineer, raised an extra $590 million final yr, boosting its valuation to an estimated $3.3 billion.
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