Israel-based battery agency StoreDot on Thursday introduced a “strategic collaboration” with Volvo to develop very fast-charging battery cells for future EVs.

The partnership will produce cells “optimized and tailor-made for Volvo’s future electrical automobile structure,” in keeping with a StoreDot press launch. The corporate expects to ship the primary samples to Volvo for testing subsequent yr, however is not discussing when its cell tech would possibly seem in manufacturing autos from the Swedish automaker.

StoreDot pattern batteries

StoreDot claims its cells can be able to including 100 miles of EV vary in simply 5 minutes of charging. In an announcement of an funding from Polestar, Volvo’s sibling model, earlier this yr, the corporate stated it aimed to mass-produce these cells by 2024.

StoreDot began delivering its cells for real-world EV testing final yr. That was itself a notable milestone for the corporate, which expressed confidence within the five-minute charging time going again to 2017 or earlier.

StoreDot claims its battery tech will scale back EV weight and price

Sooner charging will assist enable automakers to design EVs with smaller battery packs, StoreDot argues. The argument appears to be that, with the power so as to add 100 miles of vary in roughly the time it takes to pump gasoline, automakers will not must rely as a lot on giant battery packs and the additional buffer of vary they supply to make EVs sensible. That might considerably minimize value and weight, the corporate has famous.

Smaller battery packs would additionally assist Volvo in its purpose to minimize its carbon footprint 40% by 2025. In a 2021 evaluation, the automaker estimated that battery module manufacturing, supplies manufacturing, and manufacturing itself for the all-electric XC40 Recharge have been collectively 70% increased in greenhouse gasoline emissions versus the gasoline model of the XC40. So there is a vital quantity to be saved by decreasing battery-pack sizes.