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22 Jul In Honor of John B. Goodenough’s 100th Birthday – What America can learn from China’s success in EV battery

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On July 25th, 2022, John B. Goodenough, one of the founding fathers of Li-ion battery will turn 100. As the country that invented the Li-ion battery, why are there no American companies among the world’s top EV battery suppliers? How did China rise so quickly?...

30 Mar The A-Sample – The Long and Winding Road to Commercialization

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Often we hear in the media about some great battery breakthroughs, but then they quickly vanish. The road to commercialization is long and winding, it often takes more than 10 years and hundreds of millions and even billions of dollars, and when one eventually gets...

21 Mar From Oil to Battery and back to “Oil”

Posted at 16:48h in News

Oil companies created the battery In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the US reached peak oil production putting upward pressure on oil prices, exacerbated by conflicts in the Middle East, an oil crisis began unfolding and prompted the first shift towards energy-efficient technologies to power...

18 Mar Letter to Our Shareholders

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Dear Shareholders, On February 4, 2022, we listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol of “SES” for our common stock. While the global markets have been turbulent, we are confident in our business plan and expect to achieve several milestones in 2022...

14 Mar How Li-Metal can make low cost Nickel-free chemistries like LFP competitive with expensive high Nickel chemistries

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Price of Nickel increased from <$20,000 per ton in March 2021 to almost $50,000 per ton in March 2022. In conventional Li-ion batteries, High Nickel chemistries are preferred for premium vehicles due to their extended range, while Nickel-free chemistries such as LFP are preferred for value...